Ight vs Pight - What's the difference?
ight | pight |
(obsolete) (l)
??Ight,''' var. ''eighte'', Aught ''sb.''¹?''Obs.'', possession.?[¶]?'''1390 Gower ''Conf.'' II. 378 This Priamus had in his ight [''MS. Fairfax 3 yhte A wife and Hecuba she hight. * “ (obsolete) (pitch)
*1634 , , "New Heaven, New War"
*:My soul, with Christ join thou in fight;
*:Stick to the tents that He hath pight ;
*1819 , , Otho the Great , Act V, Scene V, verses 163-165
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between ight and pight
is that ight is (obsolete) (l) while pight is (obsolete) (pitch).As a noun ight
is (obsolete) (l).As a verb pight is
(obsolete) (pitch).ight
English
Noun
(head)References
* “Ight]” listed on page 30 of volume V (H–K), § ii (I) of '' [1st ed., 1901]
??Ight,''' var. ''eighte'', Aught ''sb.''¹?''Obs.'', possession.?[¶]?'''1390 Gower ''Conf.'' II. 378 This Priamus had in his ight [''MS. Fairfax 3 yhte A wife and Hecuba she hight. * “
ight]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989
pight
English
Verb
(head)- I will
- When I have finish’d it — now! now! I’m pight ,
- Tight-footed for the deed !
