wightn.

Brit.

/wʌɪt/, U.S.

/waɪt/

Forms: Old English–Middle English wiht, Old English, Middle English wyht, (Old English wuht), Middle English ( Orm.) wihht, ( wiþt, wid), Middle English whit, wiȝt(e, Middle English wyȝt, wyghte, whiȝt, whyȝte, whyt, ( wiȝth, wijȝt, wieth, wihct, with, weiht, weith), Middle English–1500s wyght, wighte, wite, Scottish wycht, (1700s archaic) wicht, Middle English whyȝt, whiht, whyht, wyt, ( whith, wyth(e, wythte), Middle English–1500s wyte, (Middle English–1600s weight, 1500s white, Scottish weycht), Middle English– wight.

Etymology: Old English wiht (masculine, feminine, neuter) = Old Saxon wiht (masculine) thing, plural demons (Middle Low German wicht (masculine, neuter), thing, being, creature, demon, Low German wicht (neuter) girl, Middle Dutch, Dutch wicht little child), Old High German, Middle High German wiht (masculine, neuter), creature, being, thing, especially of elves and dwarfs, (German wicht (masculine) creature, being, infant), Old Norse vættr , véttr , vitr (feminine) living creature, thing (also in idiomatic uses and phrase ekki vætta , vættki , vættr not a whit, naught, not, vettugi nothing, hvatvetna anything whatever), Gothic waiht , neuter (only in ni..waiht nothing), waihts feminine, translating Greek εἶδος , πρᾶγμα (ni…waihtais or waihts nothing); ulterior connections uncertain. For compounds in English see aught pron., naught pron., n., adj., and adv., nought pron., n., adv., and adj., unwight n.

archaic.

†1.

a. A living being in general; a creature. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > [noun]

neteneOE

wightc888

deerc950

beastc1225

jument1382

creaturea1387

animala1398

bestialc1400

bullifanta1528

bovya1549

animant1599

man or beast1600

breather1609

fellow creature1726

fig-fauns1750

critter1815

fellow1816

demon1821

skelm1827

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xvi. §2 Nanre wuht lichoma ne beoð þonne tederra þonne þæs monnes.

OE Beowulf 120 Wiht unhælo, grim ond grædig.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 224 Swa lange swa ðu hy mid þe byrst, nan wiht yfeles þe ongean cymeð.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 273 Þatt nan wihht. nan enngell. nan mann..Ne mihhte þurrh himm sellfenn þa. Seffne godnessess shæwenn. O mann kinn.

c1200 Moral Ode (Trin. Coll. MS.) 78 He wot hwat þencheð and hwat doð alle quike wihte.

c1250 Owl & Night. 87 Snailes mus & fule wiȝte [v.r. wihte].

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12911 Whæt ært þu fære whit [c1300 Otho wiht] eært þu angel eært cniht.

13.. Northern Passion (1913) I. 151 A neddir rampande, a lothely wyghte.

14.. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 43/20 God saue þis place fro alle oþer wykked wytes Boþe be dayes & be nytes!

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2416 Bestes of þe se and othir wyght.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 142 Vnto man, beast & euerye liuinge wite.

1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 177 Man is the onelie white whereat infinit..infortunes doe ayme at.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ii. 15 We reduce..All men vnder the terme of Wight; all wights vnder the terme of liuing things.

b. Originally and chiefly with (good or bad) epithet, applied to supernatural, preternatural, or unearthly beings. Obsolete or rare (archaic).In the 17th cent. esp. of the four beasts of the Apocalypse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > good or evil

evil angel, spiritc950

wightc950

potestatec1384

principality1561

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark vi. 49 Phantasma, yfel wiht.

971 Blickl. Hom. 31 Þæt manfulle wuht wolde þæt he hine weorþode.

c1000 Prayer (Gr.) iv. 57 Gelugon hy him æt þam geleafan, forþon hy longe sculon Werge wihta wræce þrowian.

c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 108/23 Satiri, uel fauni,..uel fauni ficarii, unfæle men, wudewasan, unfæle wihtu.

c1200 Moral Ode (Trin. Coll. MS.) 285 Þat beð ateliche fiend and Eiseliche wihten Þo sulle þe wreche sowle isien þe sineȝeden þurh sihte.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2750 Þer beþ in þe eyr an hey,..As a maner gostes, wiȝtes as it be.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) i. iii. 4 The angel vpon my right syde and the fowle wyght vppon the other syde.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 293 I crouche thee from Elues and fro wightes.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 13 The gods above And heavenly wights.

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 92 The Wights, the Elders, and every creature in Heaven.

1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 196 Those 4 living wights and 24 elders.

1826 E. Irving Babylon II. vi. 124 Those four wights upon the white, red, black, and pale horses.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft v. 147 That these were the good wights (fairies) dwelling in the court of Elfland.

1894 W. Morris Wood beyond World xxx. 230 Our protection against uncouth wights.

c. A local name for the shrew-mouse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Soricidae > genus Sorex (shrew)

shrewc725

mygalea1382

ranny1559

shrewmouse1572

hardishrew1601

muset1601

earth-shrew1607

sorex1607

spitemouse1668

hog mouse1743

wight1795

thraw-mouse1825

saddleback1948

1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 317 A small species of mice, commonly called here [i.e. on Orkney] wights.

a. A human being, man or woman, person. Now archaic or dialect (often implying some contempt or commiseration).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > [noun]

hadc900

lifesmaneOE

maneOE

world-maneOE

ghostOE

wyeOE

lifeOE

son of manOE

wightc1175

soulc1180

earthmanc1225

foodc1225

person?c1225

creaturec1300

bodyc1325

beera1382

poppetc1390

flippera1400

wat1399

corsec1400

mortal?a1425

deadly?c1450

hec1450

personagec1485

wretcha1500

human1509

mundane1509

member1525

worma1556

homo1561

piece of flesh1567

sconce1567

squirrel?1567

fellow creature1572

Adamite1581

bloat herringa1586

earthling1593

mother's child1594

stuff1598

a piece of flesh1600

wagtail1607

bosom1608

fragment1609

boots1623

tick1631

worthy1649

earthlies1651

snap1653

pippin1665

being1666

personal1678

personality1678

sooterkin1680

party1686

worldling1687

human being1694

water-wagtail1694

noddle1705

human subject1712

piece of work1713

somebody1724

terrestrial1726

anybody1733

individual1742

character1773

cuss1775

jig1781

thingy1787

bod1788

curse1790

his nabs1790

article1796

Earthite1814

critter1815

potato1815

personeityc1816

nibs1821

somebody1826

tellurian1828

case1832

tangata1840

prawn1845

nigger1848

nut1856

Snooks1860

mug1865

outfit1867

to deliver the goods1870

hairpin1879

baby1880

possum1894

hot tamale1895

babe1900

jobbie1902

virile1903

cup of tea1908

skin1914

pisser1918

number1919

job1927

apple1928

mush1936

face1944

jong1956

naked ape1965

oke1970

punter1975

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1761 Vnnseȝȝenndlike mare inoh ðann aniȝ wihht maȝȝ þennkenn.

a1275 Prov. Ælfred 633 Wel worþe þe wid, Þad þe first taite.

a1300 K. Horn (Laud) 397 Of þat fayre wihcte Al þe halle gan licte.

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 39 Neuere werrede we wiþ wiȝth up-on erþe.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 4 Ȝif any wiȝt wiste, where do-wel was at Inne.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1792 ‘Þat is a worde,’ quoþ þat wyȝt, ‘þat worst is of alle’.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 71 Ne neuere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf vn to no manerr wight.

c1425 Cast. Persev. 978 in Macro Plays 106 In wo & in wrake, wyckyd wytis schal wepe.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 395 Gret syn it war ȝon saikles wicht to sla.

1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Biv^v Thou learned man, do not disdayne, To learne at me a symple wight.

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 34 Away shee went a wofull wretched Wight.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 47 Of fayre Elisa be your siluer song, that blessed wight.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 361 The heavenly gift of God granted unto blessed and happie weights.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 161 She was a wight, if euer such wight were..To suckle fooles, and chronicle small Beere.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 613 And of it self the water flies All taste of living wight, as once it fled The lip of Tantalus.

1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. ii Boreas branglit..like a drunken wicht.

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 165 The Wight who reads not, and but scans and spells.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. i. 9 No living wight, save the Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone.

1867 J. Ingelow Dreams that came True xxiv She is a broken-down, poor, friendless wight.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 308 The unlucky wight..is doomed to speedy death.

b. Applied to a thing personified. rare. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object > personified

wightc1399

c1399 G. Chaucer Purse 1 To yow, my purse, and to noon other wight Complayn I, for ye be my lady dere.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 22^v Canst thou then be so vnwise to swallow the bayte which will breede thy bane?.. To desire the wight that will worke thy death?

1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 2 Autumn, melancholy Wight!

1859 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 4) 72 His [sc. the worm's] place has been occupied by one Sipunculus Bernhardi; a wight of low degree.

†3.

a. In adverbial phrases, qualified by no, any (Old English ænig wiht, nán wiht), a little, or the like: (A certain) amount; for (any, a little, etc.) time or distance. (See whit n.¹ 1, 2) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxvii. §3 Þær hi ænige wuht agnes oððe gecyndelices godes an heora anwealde hæfdon.

971 Blickl. Hom. 235 Andreas, ne gefyrenodest þu nan wuht.

c1220 Bestiary 657 [The elephant] Fikeð and fondeð al his miȝt, ne mai he it forðen no wiȝt.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 39 Hwen ȝe nede moten a lute wiht.

a1300 St. Gregory 703 in Herrig Archiv LVII. 66 A litel wiȝt after þe none.

a1300 St. Gregory 703 in Herrig Archiv LVII. 1152 Ich wene on lyue nys he no wiȝt.

a1300 K. Horn (Cambr.) 503 He smot him a litel wiȝt & bed him beon a god kniȝt.

c1320 Cast. Love 638 Þat monnes kuynde hedde al ariht, Þat hi neore to luite ne to muche wiht.

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 354 Þat we no wante no wite of worldliche fode.

13.. Seuyn Sages (W.) 293 Yif thou me lovest ani wight, Let me of him han a sight!

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. pr. i. 63 Whan they ben resseyuyd with-inne a whyht than ben they swete.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 363 She was falle aslepe alitel wight.

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 4701 Þo he leyde hurre doune þere to slepe a litulle whyȝt.

a1450 Le Morte Arth. 472 Ector ne liked that no wight.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 154 Thai wyst no wyt quhar that thai suld him get.

†b. a little wight (adjectival phr.): a small. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > some, any, or indefinite amount

somec1000

anyOE

somewhatc1175

a little wightc1275

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective]

smallOE

littleOE

litec1275

a little wightc1275

petitc1390

weea1525

pusill1599

slender1610

lile1633

scantling1652

piccaninny1707

pinkie1718

insignificant1748

baby1750

leetle1755

tiddy1781

bit1786

inconsiderable1796

itty1798

peerie1808

tittya1825

titty-tottya1825

ickle1846

tiddly1868

peewee1877

lil1881

shirttail1881

inextensive1890

puny1898

liddle1906

pint-sized1921

pint-size1925

peedie1929

tenas1935

itsy-bitsy1938

itty-bitty1940

titchy1950

scrappy1985

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10974 Þer þis water wendeð. is an lutel wiht mære.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wightadj.adv.

Brit.

/wʌɪt/, U.S.

/waɪt/

Forms: Middle English wiht, Middle English wiȝt, (Middle English wicth, with, wiȝth, wit, Scottish vicht, vycht), Middle English wyht(e, wiȝte, wyȝt(e, ( vight), Middle English–1500s wyght(e, wighte, Scottish wycht, Middle English whight, whyght, wyt(e, whyt, white, ( wygth, wyth, wythȝ, wyþtȝ, weight), Middle English–1500s Scottish wichte, Middle English– wight, Scottish wicht.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse vígt.

Etymology: < Old Norse vígt used in phrase = in self-defence; neuter of vígr of fighting age, skilled in arms; < Old Germanic wīg- (waig- , wig- ), for other derivatives of which see wi n. Other adoptions of Old Norse adjectives in the neuter form are quert, scant, thwart, want.

archaic and dialect.

A. adj.

1. Strong and courageous, esp. in warfare; having or showing prowess; valiant, doughty, brave, bold, ‘stout’.

a. of a person, esp. a warrior.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [adjective]

proudc1275

steepc1275

wightc1275

sturdy1297

stoutc1325

valiantc1330

stern1390

martialc1425

pertc1450

stalwartc1480

talla1529

handsome1665

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10658 Fif and twenti þusend. whitere monnen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10266 Seoue þusen monnen. ohte men and wihte.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 391 Wihte wal-kempen on heora wiðer-winnan.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 456 Mid six þousend wiȝtemen.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3293 He wist him wiȝht of dede.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6409 ‘Cheues þe’, he said, ‘wit man an freck And ga fight a-pon amalec’.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iii. ii. 269 Thre thousande wicht men of Iuda.

c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 610 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 127 In Ingland þat tym ves a knycht, In ded of armys þat ves vycht.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 1057 Schyr Jhon the Grayme with Wallace that was wycht.

c1510 Lytell Geste Robyn Hode iii. 17 Say me now wyght yonge man What is now thy name?

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 131 Of ane inuincible mynd, and a wichte weiriour.

1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. A3 Where is Robin Hood, And y^e wighte Scarlet?

1775 Hobie Noble xxiii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 3/1 Had he been as wight as Wallace was.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xx. 347 O for one hour of Wallace wight.

1858 W. Morris Def. Guenevere 108 They ought to sing of him who was as wight As Launcelot or Wade.

b. of actions or personal attributes.

ΚΠ

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10516 Knyght Þat losed was of dedes wyght.

c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 542 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 79 For warldis wa oþir is licht, and may be tholit with hart wycht.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 100 That many ane fo in feild hes put to flight, In weris wicht.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1098 The worde of your werkes & your wight dedis..passes o fer!

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 248 Quhen Eugenie had won sa wicht a victorie.

a. Strong, vigorous, robust, stalwart, mighty; exercising strength, energetic (passing into A. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective]

sprindeOE

livelyOE

kaskc1300

wightc1300

courageousc1386

wighty14..

wieldya1413

ablec1440

tall of hand1530

sappy1558

energical1565

energetical1585

greenya1586

stout1600

strenuous1602

forceful?1624

actuous1626

vigorous1638

vivid1638

high-spirited1653

hearty1665

actuose1677

living1699

full-blooded1707

executive1708

rugged1731

sousing1735

energic1740

bouncing1743

two-fisted1774

energetic1782

zestful1797

rollicking1801

through-ganging1814

throughgoing1814

slashing1828

high-powered1829

high pressure1834

rip-roaring1834

red-blooded1836

ripsnorting1846

zesty1853

dynamic1856

throbbing1864

goey1875

torpedoic1893

kinky1903

zippy1903

go-at-it1904

punchy1907

up-and-at-'em1909

driving1916

vibranta1929

kinetic1931

zinging1931

high-octane1936

zingy1938

slam-bang1939

balls-to-the-wall1967

balls-out1968

ass-kicking1977

hi-octane1977

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust

strongeOE

hardOE

stalworthc1175

starka1250

stiff1297

steel to the (very) backa1300

stalworthyc1300

wightc1300

stable13..

valiant1303

stithc1325

toughc1330

wrast1338

stoura1350

sadc1384

wighty14..

derfc1440

substantialc1460

well-jointed1483

felon1487

robust1490

stalwart1508

stoutya1529

robustous?1531

rankc1540

hardy1548

robustious1548

stout1576

rustical1583

rustic1620

iron1638

robustic1652

swankinga1704

strapping1707

rugged1731

solid1741

vaudy1793

flaithulach1829

ironbark1833

swankie1838

tough as (old) boots or leather1843

skookum1847

hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862

hard-assed1954

nails1974

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 344 He was fayr man, and wicth.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 21 Sire worche-wel-wyth-þine-hande, a wiȝte man of strengthe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9003 Sampson þat wightes[t] was in lijf.

a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1914) 57 In þe fermory of this religyon are moo seke þan hole, mo febyll þan wighte.

c1440 York Myst. xviii. 219 Are was I wayke, nowe am I wight.

1486 Bk. St. Albans c j b It is goode to make her to mewe, bot specialli it shall make her wight after hir soore aage.

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 33 William wichttar wes of corss Nor Sym, and bettir knittin.

a1600 Floddan Field (1664) vii. 62 And of thy hands hardy and wight.

1726 Fleming's Fulfilling Script. (ed. 5) sig. *a2^v (Table Sc. Phr.) Wight, strong or clever.

†b. Powerful, forcible, violent; powerful in effect, strong. (Also absol.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > specifically of natural agencies

starkeOE

steer13..

savagea1393

wightc1400

violentc1425

rageousc1450

bolda1522

masterfula1522

shouldering1747

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > rich or strong

wightc1400

generous1607

polyphorous1657

full-bodied1723

big1890

mouth-filling1975

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1591 In þe wyȝt-est of þe water,—þe worre hade þat oþer.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 659 The Scottis all as swyne lyis dronkyn thar Off our wycht wyne.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 36 In wickit wedderis and wicht.

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 379 Wachting the wyne, for it was wicht.

†c. Strong to resist force; strongly built or constructed; stout. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1029 Swiche meting nas neuer non made Wiþ worþli wepen wiȝt.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. clxxiii. 5404 The wardane has þat castell tane, And saw it wycht of lyme and stane.

c1440 Generydes 3634 I must haue A shippe bothe good and wight, And that it be right swift vnder a saile.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cclxvi Though the braunches be stronge and wyght.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxii. 96 He toke fro me y^e toure and a wyght harnes.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xli. 42 The freikis on feildis That wight wapins weildis.

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 384 Sayand, he wald ride furth a whyle, To seay a bow that was sumthing wicht.

3. Moving briskly or rapidly; active, agile, nimble, quick; swift, fleet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble

lightOE

quiverOE

yepec1275

taitc1300

yap13..

delivera1375

swippera1387

wight1390

nimblea1400

yarea1400

yerna1400

smitherc1475

leger1483

agilea1500

liver1530

lightsome1567

wimble1579

nimble jointed1591

nimble shifting1591

agilious1599

nimbling1599

nimble spirited1611

expedite1612

fitchanta1616

airy1642

fantastic1645

volant1650

clever1691

light-limbed1695

spry1746

swack1768

swank1786

yauld1787

deliverly1820

slippy1847

nippy1849

springe1859

pantherish1869

pantherine1890

flippant1895

loose1907

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly

lightOE

quiverOE

wight1390

yerna1400

sharpc1440

fisking?1523

skeetc1540

nimblea1547

flit1590

brisk1599

brisky1600

smart1602

whipping1602

running1662

nimble-movinga1676

snack1710

brushing1792

adance1828

slippy1847

nippy1849

smartish1921

hoppy1934

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 298 Hem that ben delivere and wyhte.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 166 I is ful wight god waat as is a ra.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 527/1 Wyte, or delyvyr, or swyfte.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum xxxii. 121 Sche was so wyght of fote, that no man myght Rynne with hire by a grete space.

c1450 How Good Wijf (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 41 Manye handis & wight Make an heuy worke light.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2183 in Poems (1981) 83 The volff wes wicht, and wan away.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. C vij If Carres horse had not ben exceding good & wight his lordship had surely run him thrugh.

1586 G. Whitney Choice of Emblemes 107 Since fame is wighte of winge.

1616 Barbour's Actes & Life Bruce (Hart) 23 There na horse is in this land Sa wight, nor yet sa well rinnand.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 430 Wight, swift.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xxii. 23 Mount thee on the wightest steed.

B. adv.

1. Actively, nimbly, energetically; quickly, rapidly, swiftly. Obsolete or dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly

lighteOE

lightly?a1200

wightlyc1330

deliverlya1375

swipperly?a1400

wakerly?a1400

wighta1400

yaplya1400

featlyc1400

nimblyc1450

lightsomely1561

nimble1568

wimbly1594

yarelya1616

yare1622

featilya1640

agilely1663

cleverly1686

spry1855

lissomely1902

spryly1905

cattishly1913

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb]

hardlyeOE

strongeOE

hardOE

fastOE

starklyOE

stalworthlyc1175

starkc1225

mainlyc1300

fellc1330

snellc1330

stout1338

wightlya1340

sadlya1375

sharplyc1380

tough1398

stoutly1399

throa1400

wighta1400

lustilyc1400

sorec1400

vigourslyc1400

stiff1422

vigoriouslya1450

vigorouslya1450

actuallya1470

stourlyc1480

forcely?a1500

lustly1529

fricklyc1540

dingilya1555

livelily?1565

crankly1566

forcibly1578

crank1579

wightily?a1600

proudly1600

energetically1609

stiffly1623

ding-dong1628

greenly1633

hard and fast1646

slashingly1659

thwackingly1660

warmlya1684

robustly1709

sonsily1729

forcefullya1774

vim1843

zippily1924

vibrantly1926

punchily1934

zingily1951

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and briskly

sharplya1000

smartc1300

smartlyc1300

spackc1330

wightlyc1330

spacklya1350

swipperly?a1400

wighta1400

nimblyc1450

quiverly1519

roundly1548

nimble1568

bragly1579

snap1583

yarelya1616

briskly1665

smartish1839

nippily1932

snappingly1976

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3836 Iacob lifted vp þat ston ful wight.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1762 Wiȝt wallande joye warmed his hert.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 103 Cables þay fasten, Wiȝt at þe wyndas weȝen her ankres.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 280 Sithen we fled away full wight.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 341 The rest of airchouris schott far and wight.

1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 65 Down the brae I gaed fu' wight.

†2. Quickly, without delay, directly, immediately. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]

soonc825

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

rekeneOE

rekenlyOE

thereright971

anonOE

forth ona1000

coflyc1000

ferlyc1000

radlyOE

swiftlyc1000

unyoreOE

yareOE

at the forme (also first) wordOE

nowOE

shortlya1050

rightOE

here-rightlOE

right anonlOE

anonc1175

forthrightc1175

forthwithalc1175

skeetc1175

swithc1175

with and withc1175

anon-rightc1225

anon-rights?c1225

belivec1225

lightly?c1225

quickly?c1225

tidelyc1225

fastlyc1275

hastilyc1275

i-radlichec1275

as soon asc1290

aright1297

bedenea1300

in little wevea1300

withoute(n dwella1300

alrightc1300

as fast (as)c1300

at firstc1300

in placec1300

in the placec1300

mididonec1300

outrightc1300

prestc1300

streck13..

titec1300

without delayc1300

that stounds1303

rada1325

readya1325

apacec1325

albedenec1330

as (also also) titec1330

as blivec1330

as line rightc1330

as straight as linec1330

in anec1330

in presentc1330

newlyc1330

suddenlyc1330

titelyc1330

yernec1330

as soon1340

prestly1340

streckly1340

swithly?1370

evenlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

rifelya1375

yeplya1375

at one blastc1380

fresha1382

ripelyc1384

presentc1385

presently1385

without arrestc1385

readilyc1390

in the twinkling of a looka1393

derflya1400

forwhya1400

skeetlya1400

straighta1400

swifta1400

maintenantc1400

out of handc1400

wightc1400

at a startc1405

immediately1420

incontinent1425

there and then1428

onenec1429

forwithc1430

downright?a1439

agatec1440

at a tricec1440

right forth1440

withouten wonec1440

whipc1460

forthwith1461

undelayed1470

incessantly1472

at a momentc1475

right nowc1475

synec1475

incontinently1484

promptly1490

in the nonce?a1500

uncontinent1506

on (upon, in) the instant1509

in short1513

at a clap1519

by and by1526

straightway1526

at a twitch1528

at the first chop1528

maintenantly1528

on a tricea1529

with a tricec1530

at once1531

belively1532

straightwaysa1533

short days1533

undelayedly1534

fro hand1535

indelayedly1535

straight forth1536

betimesc1540

livelyc1540

upononc1540

suddenly1544

at one (or a) dash?1550

at (the) first dash?1550

instantly1552

forth of hand1564

upon the nines1568

on the nail1569

at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572

indilately1572

summarily1578

at one (a) chop1581

amain1587

straightwise1588

extempore1593

presto1598

upon the place1600

directly1604

instant1604

just now1606

with a siserary1607

promiscuously1609

at (in) one (an) instant1611

on (also upon) the momenta1616

at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617

hand to fist1634

fastisha1650

nextly1657

to rights1663

straightaway1663

slap1672

at first bolt1676

point-blank1679

in point1680

offhand1686

instanter1688

sonica1688

flush1701

like a thought1720

in a crack1725

momentary1725

bumbye1727

clacka1734

plumba1734

right away1734

momentarily1739

momentaneously1753

in a snap1768

right off1771

straight an end1778

abruptedly1784

in a whistle1784

slap-bang1785

bang?1795

right off the reel1798

in a whiff1800

in a flash1801

like a shot1809

momently1812

in a brace or couple of shakes1816

in a gird1825

(all) in a rush1829

in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830

straightly1830

toot sweetc1830

in two twos1838

rectly1843

quick-stick1844

short metre1848

right1849

at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854

off the hooks1860

quicksticks1860

straight off1873

bang off1886

away1887

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890

ek dum1895

tout de suite1895

bung1899

one time1899

prompt1910

yesterday1911

in two ups1934

presto changeo1946

now-now1966

presto change1987

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 617 I schal wynne yow wyȝt of water a lyttel.

c1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 49 Euerlastynge ȝatis, openeþ wight!

c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 227 My lord, it xall be done ful wygth.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 61 Their winged words th' effect ensues as wight.

Compounds

† wight-rider n. Obsolete a stout and active horseman; a mounted raider.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > stout or heavyweight

wight-rider1569

welter1804

welter weight1832

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > sacker, raider, or looter > [noun]

reavereOE

forayerc1330

cateran1371

ransackerc1390

depopulatorc1440

rover1481

forager1489

river?a1500

riderc1550

wight-rider1569

predour1577

sacker1589

harrier1596

boot-haler1600

marauder1698

poligar1773

skinner1780

looter1860

raider1861

1569 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. lv. 556 ‘About the Queen’, say good-fellows, Wight-riders and Robbers in the Borders of the two Realms.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn rodeur ou coureur, a roder or wigh [t] rider.

† wight-riding adj. Obsolete (see also quot. 1894).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > riding fast or heavily

volant1548

wight-riding?1578

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 27 Too the number of a sixteen wight riding men.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Wight-riding, of the upper class. (Obs.)

wight-wapping adj. [wap v.¹] moving rapidly, or characterized by such movement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective]

swiftc888

swifta1050

currentc1300

quickc1300

hastivea1325

hastyc1330

ingnel1340

swiftyc1380

speedfula1387

fasta1400

swippingc1420

speedy1487

fleet1528

tite?a1540

scudding1545

flighty1552

suddenly1556

flight1581

feathered1587

Pegasean1590

wing-footed1591

swift-winged?1592

thought-swift-flying1595

wind-winged?1596

swallow-winged1597

Pegasarian1607

skelping1607

rapid1608

night-swifta1616

celerious1632

clipping1635

perniciousa1656

volatile1655

quick-foot1658

meteorous1667

windy1697

high-flying1710

fleet-footed1726

aliped1727

wickc1760

velocious1775

flight-performing1785

fast-going1800

fast-moving1802

meteor1803

wight-wapping1830

fleety1841

speeding1847

swiftening1848

two-forty1855

fire-swift1865

pennate1870

spinning1882

percursory1884

zippy1889

meteoric1895

pacy1906

presto1952

1830 W. Scott Ayrshire Trag. i. 1 The weaver shall find room At the wight-wapping loom.

Derivatives

† wightlayke adj. [? -like suffix influenced by -laik suffix] Obsolete quick, immediate (cf. B. 2 above).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adjective]

ferlyc893

cofc1000

swiftc1000

smarta1325

suddenc1390

undelayed1439

wightlaykec1450

short1480

present1489

indelayed1523

on or upon a (or the) sudden1558

immediate1569

instant1598

momentaneous1657

abrupt1725

presto1767

summary1771

momentary1799

pistolgraph1859

fast1863

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (1888) 144 Wightlayke delyvrenesse with out ony tarditee.

† wightling n. [-ling suffix¹ 1] Obsolete a valiant man, a brave warrior.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior

thanec893

berne937

helethOE

wightlingc1330

felona1400

viragoa1513

thunderer1586

paladin1592

Fian1787

beau sabreur1834

war hero1898

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 8093 Galathin com swiþe flinge Wiþ þre þousand wiȝtling.

† wightship n. Obsolete valour, bravery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [noun]

earlshipOE

prowessc1325

pruancec1330

valiantisec1330

wightshipc1330

valure?a1350

wightness1377

orpednessa1398

orpedshipc1400

valiantness1470

valiance1475

fierceness1490

priceheadc1540

valiancy1574

valor1586

valencea1604

valeur1646

valorousness1727

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7653 Of wiȝtschippe & cheualrie.

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单词	wight
释义	wightn. Brit. /wʌɪt/, U.S. /waɪt/ Forms: Old English–Middle English wiht, Old English, Middle English wyht, (Old English wuht), Middle English ( Orm.) wihht, ( wiþt, wid), Middle English whit, wiȝt(e, Middle English wyȝt, wyghte, whiȝt, whyȝte, whyt, ( wiȝth, wijȝt, wieth, wihct, with, weiht, weith), Middle English–1500s wyght, wighte, wite, Scottish wycht, (1700s archaic) wicht, Middle English whyȝt, whiht, whyht, wyt, ( whith, wyth(e, wythte), Middle English–1500s wyte, (Middle English–1600s weight, 1500s white, Scottish weycht), Middle English– wight. Etymology: Old English wiht (masculine, feminine, neuter) = Old Saxon wiht (masculine) thing, plural demons (Middle Low German wicht (masculine, neuter), thing, being, creature, demon, Low German wicht (neuter) girl, Middle Dutch, Dutch wicht little child), Old High German, Middle High German wiht (masculine, neuter), creature, being, thing, especially of elves and dwarfs, (German wicht (masculine) creature, being, infant), Old Norse vættr , véttr , vitr (feminine) living creature, thing (also in idiomatic uses and phrase ekki vætta , vættki , vættr not a whit, naught, not, vettugi nothing, hvatvetna anything whatever), Gothic waiht , neuter (only in ni..waiht nothing), waihts feminine, translating Greek εἶδος , πρᾶγμα (ni…waihtais or waihts nothing); ulterior connections uncertain. For compounds in English see aught pron., naught pron., n., adj., and adv., nought pron., n., adv., and adj., unwight n. archaic. †1. a. A living being in general; a creature. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [noun] neteneOE wightc888 deerc950 beastc1225 jument1382 creaturea1387 animala1398 bestialc1400 bullifanta1528 bovya1549 animant1599 man or beast1600 breather1609 fellow creature1726 fig-fauns1750 critter1815 fellow1816 demon1821 skelm1827 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xvi. §2 Nanre wuht lichoma ne beoð þonne tederra þonne þæs monnes. OE Beowulf 120 Wiht unhælo, grim ond grædig. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 224 Swa lange swa ðu hy mid þe byrst, nan wiht yfeles þe ongean cymeð. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 273 Þatt nan wihht. nan enngell. nan mann..Ne mihhte þurrh himm sellfenn þa. Seffne godnessess shæwenn. O mann kinn. c1200 Moral Ode (Trin. Coll. MS.) 78 He wot hwat þencheð and hwat doð alle quike wihte. c1250 Owl & Night. 87 Snailes mus & fule wiȝte [v.r. wihte]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12911 Whæt ært þu fære whit [c1300 Otho wiht] eært þu angel eært cniht. 13.. Northern Passion (1913) I. 151 A neddir rampande, a lothely wyghte. 14.. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 43/20 God saue þis place fro alle oþer wykked wytes Boþe be dayes & be nytes! ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2416 Bestes of þe se and othir wyght. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 142 Vnto man, beast & euerye liuinge wite. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 177 Man is the onelie white whereat infinit..infortunes doe ayme at. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ii. 15 We reduce..All men vnder the terme of Wight; all wights vnder the terme of liuing things. b. Originally and chiefly with (good or bad) epithet, applied to supernatural, preternatural, or unearthly beings. Obsolete or rare (archaic).In the 17th cent. esp. of the four beasts of the Apocalypse. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > good or evil evil angel, spiritc950 wightc950 potestatec1384 principality1561 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark vi. 49 Phantasma, yfel wiht. 971 Blickl. Hom. 31 Þæt manfulle wuht wolde þæt he hine weorþode. c1000 Prayer (Gr.) iv. 57 Gelugon hy him æt þam geleafan, forþon hy longe sculon Werge wihta wræce þrowian. c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 108/23 Satiri, uel fauni,..uel fauni ficarii, unfæle men, wudewasan, unfæle wihtu. c1200 Moral Ode (Trin. Coll. MS.) 285 Þat beð ateliche fiend and Eiseliche wihten Þo sulle þe wreche sowle isien þe sineȝeden þurh sihte. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2750 Þer beþ in þe eyr an hey,..As a maner gostes, wiȝtes as it be. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) i. iii. 4 The angel vpon my right syde and the fowle wyght vppon the other syde. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 293 I crouche thee from Elues and fro wightes. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 13 The gods above And heavenly wights. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 92 The Wights, the Elders, and every creature in Heaven. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 196 Those 4 living wights and 24 elders. 1826 E. Irving Babylon II. vi. 124 Those four wights upon the white, red, black, and pale horses. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft v. 147 That these were the good wights (fairies) dwelling in the court of Elfland. 1894 W. Morris Wood beyond World xxx. 230 Our protection against uncouth wights. c. A local name for the shrew-mouse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Soricidae > genus Sorex (shrew) shrewc725 mygalea1382 ranny1559 shrewmouse1572 hardishrew1601 muset1601 earth-shrew1607 sorex1607 spitemouse1668 hog mouse1743 wight1795 thraw-mouse1825 saddleback1948 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 317 A small species of mice, commonly called here [i.e. on Orkney] wights. 2. a. A human being, man or woman, person. Now archaic or dialect (often implying some contempt or commiseration). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1761 Vnnseȝȝenndlike mare inoh ðann aniȝ wihht maȝȝ þennkenn. a1275 Prov. Ælfred 633 Wel worþe þe wid, Þad þe first taite. a1300 K. Horn (Laud) 397 Of þat fayre wihcte Al þe halle gan licte. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 39 Neuere werrede we wiþ wiȝth up-on erþe. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 4 Ȝif any wiȝt wiste, where do-wel was at Inne. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1792 ‘Þat is a worde,’ quoþ þat wyȝt, ‘þat worst is of alle’. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 71 Ne neuere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf vn to no manerr wight. c1425 Cast. Persev. 978 in Macro Plays 106 In wo & in wrake, wyckyd wytis schal wepe. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 395 Gret syn it war ȝon saikles wicht to sla. 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Biv^v Thou learned man, do not disdayne, To learne at me a symple wight. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 34 Away shee went a wofull wretched Wight. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 47 Of fayre Elisa be your siluer song, that blessed wight. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 361 The heavenly gift of God granted unto blessed and happie weights. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 161 She was a wight, if euer such wight were..To suckle fooles, and chronicle small Beere. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 613 And of it self the water flies All taste of living wight, as once it fled The lip of Tantalus. View more context for this quotation 1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. ii Boreas branglit..like a drunken wicht. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 165 The Wight who reads not, and but scans and spells. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. i. 9 No living wight, save the Ladye alone, Had dared to cross the threshold stone. 1867 J. Ingelow Dreams that came True xxiv She is a broken-down, poor, friendless wight. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 308 The unlucky wight..is doomed to speedy death. b. Applied to a thing personified. rare. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object > personified wightc1399 c1399 G. Chaucer Purse 1 To yow, my purse, and to noon other wight Complayn I, for ye be my lady dere. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 22^v Canst thou then be so vnwise to swallow the bayte which will breede thy bane?.. To desire the wight that will worke thy death? 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 2 Autumn, melancholy Wight! 1859 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 4) 72 His [sc. the worm's] place has been occupied by one Sipunculus Bernhardi; a wight of low degree. †3. a. In adverbial phrases, qualified by no, any (Old English ænig wiht, nán wiht), a little, or the like: (A certain) amount; for (any, a little, etc.) time or distance. (See whit n.¹ 1, 2) Obsolete. ΚΠ c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxvii. §3 Þær hi ænige wuht agnes oððe gecyndelices godes an heora anwealde hæfdon. 971 Blickl. Hom. 235 Andreas, ne gefyrenodest þu nan wuht. c1220 Bestiary 657 [The elephant] Fikeð and fondeð al his miȝt, ne mai he it forðen no wiȝt. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 39 Hwen ȝe nede moten a lute wiht. a1300 St. Gregory 703 in Herrig Archiv LVII. 66 A litel wiȝt after þe none. a1300 St. Gregory 703 in Herrig Archiv LVII. 1152 Ich wene on lyue nys he no wiȝt. a1300 K. Horn (Cambr.) 503 He smot him a litel wiȝt & bed him beon a god kniȝt. c1320 Cast. Love 638 Þat monnes kuynde hedde al ariht, Þat hi neore to luite ne to muche wiht. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 354 Þat we no wante no wite of worldliche fode. 13.. Seuyn Sages (W.) 293 Yif thou me lovest ani wight, Let me of him han a sight! c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. pr. i. 63 Whan they ben resseyuyd with-inne a whyht than ben they swete. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 363 She was falle aslepe alitel wight. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 4701 Þo he leyde hurre doune þere to slepe a litulle whyȝt. a1450 Le Morte Arth. 472 Ector ne liked that no wight. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 154 Thai wyst no wyt quhar that thai suld him get. †b. a little wight (adjectival phr.): a small. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > some, any, or indefinite amount somec1000 anyOE somewhatc1175 a little wightc1275 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] smallOE littleOE litec1275 a little wightc1275 petitc1390 weea1525 pusill1599 slender1610 lile1633 scantling1652 piccaninny1707 pinkie1718 insignificant1748 baby1750 leetle1755 tiddy1781 bit1786 inconsiderable1796 itty1798 peerie1808 tittya1825 titty-tottya1825 ickle1846 tiddly1868 peewee1877 lil1881 shirttail1881 inextensive1890 puny1898 liddle1906 pint-sized1921 pint-size1925 peedie1929 tenas1935 itsy-bitsy1938 itty-bitty1940 titchy1950 scrappy1985 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10974 Þer þis water wendeð. is an lutel wiht mære. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wightadj.adv. Brit. /wʌɪt/, U.S. /waɪt/ Forms: Middle English wiht, Middle English wiȝt, (Middle English wicth, with, wiȝth, wit, Scottish vicht, vycht), Middle English wyht(e, wiȝte, wyȝt(e, ( vight), Middle English–1500s wyght(e, wighte, Scottish wycht, Middle English whight, whyght, wyt(e, whyt, white, ( wygth, wyth, wythȝ, wyþtȝ, weight), Middle English–1500s Scottish wichte, Middle English– wight, Scottish wicht. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse vígt. Etymology: < Old Norse vígt used in phrase = in self-defence; neuter of vígr of fighting age, skilled in arms; < Old Germanic wīg- (waig- , wig- ), for other derivatives of which see wi n. Other adoptions of Old Norse adjectives in the neuter form are quert, scant, thwart, want. archaic and dialect. A. adj. 1. Strong and courageous, esp. in warfare; having or showing prowess; valiant, doughty, brave, bold, ‘stout’. a. of a person, esp. a warrior. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [adjective] proudc1275 steepc1275 wightc1275 sturdy1297 stoutc1325 valiantc1330 stern1390 martialc1425 pertc1450 stalwartc1480 talla1529 handsome1665 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10658 Fif and twenti þusend. whitere monnen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10266 Seoue þusen monnen. ohte men and wihte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 391 Wihte wal-kempen on heora wiðer-winnan. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 456 Mid six þousend wiȝtemen. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3293 He wist him wiȝht of dede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6409 ‘Cheues þe’, he said, ‘wit man an freck And ga fight a-pon amalec’. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iii. ii. 269 Thre thousande wicht men of Iuda. c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 610 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 127 In Ingland þat tym ves a knycht, In ded of armys þat ves vycht. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 1057 Schyr Jhon the Grayme with Wallace that was wycht. c1510 Lytell Geste Robyn Hode iii. 17 Say me now wyght yonge man What is now thy name? 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 131 Of ane inuincible mynd, and a wichte weiriour. 1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. A3 Where is Robin Hood, And y^e wighte Scarlet? 1775 Hobie Noble xxiii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 3/1 Had he been as wight as Wallace was. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xx. 347 O for one hour of Wallace wight. 1858 W. Morris Def. Guenevere 108 They ought to sing of him who was as wight As Launcelot or Wade. b. of actions or personal attributes. ΚΠ c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10516 Knyght Þat losed was of dedes wyght. c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 542 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 79 For warldis wa oþir is licht, and may be tholit with hart wycht. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 100 That many ane fo in feild hes put to flight, In weris wicht. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1098 The worde of your werkes & your wight dedis..passes o fer! 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 248 Quhen Eugenie had won sa wicht a victorie. 2. a. Strong, vigorous, robust, stalwart, mighty; exercising strength, energetic (passing into A. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] sprindeOE livelyOE kaskc1300 wightc1300 courageousc1386 wighty14.. wieldya1413 ablec1440 tall of hand1530 sappy1558 energical1565 energetical1585 greenya1586 stout1600 strenuous1602 forceful?1624 actuous1626 vigorous1638 vivid1638 high-spirited1653 hearty1665 actuose1677 living1699 full-blooded1707 executive1708 rugged1731 sousing1735 energic1740 bouncing1743 two-fisted1774 energetic1782 zestful1797 rollicking1801 through-ganging1814 throughgoing1814 slashing1828 high-powered1829 high pressure1834 rip-roaring1834 red-blooded1836 ripsnorting1846 zesty1853 dynamic1856 throbbing1864 goey1875 torpedoic1893 kinky1903 zippy1903 go-at-it1904 punchy1907 up-and-at-'em1909 driving1916 vibranta1929 kinetic1931 zinging1931 high-octane1936 zingy1938 slam-bang1939 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 ass-kicking1977 hi-octane1977 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust strongeOE hardOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 steel to the (very) backa1300 stalworthyc1300 wightc1300 stable13.. valiant1303 stithc1325 toughc1330 wrast1338 stoura1350 sadc1384 wighty14.. derfc1440 substantialc1460 well-jointed1483 felon1487 robust1490 stalwart1508 stoutya1529 robustous?1531 rankc1540 hardy1548 robustious1548 stout1576 rustical1583 rustic1620 iron1638 robustic1652 swankinga1704 strapping1707 rugged1731 solid1741 vaudy1793 flaithulach1829 ironbark1833 swankie1838 tough as (old) boots or leather1843 skookum1847 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 hard-assed1954 nails1974 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 344 He was fayr man, and wicth. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 21 Sire worche-wel-wyth-þine-hande, a wiȝte man of strengthe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9003 Sampson þat wightes[t] was in lijf. a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1914) 57 In þe fermory of this religyon are moo seke þan hole, mo febyll þan wighte. c1440 York Myst. xviii. 219 Are was I wayke, nowe am I wight. 1486 Bk. St. Albans c j b It is goode to make her to mewe, bot specialli it shall make her wight after hir soore aage. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 33 William wichttar wes of corss Nor Sym, and bettir knittin. a1600 Floddan Field (1664) vii. 62 And of thy hands hardy and wight. 1726 Fleming's Fulfilling Script. (ed. 5) sig. a2^v (Table Sc. Phr.) Wight, strong or clever. †b. Powerful, forcible, violent; powerful in effect, strong. (Also absol.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > specifically of natural agencies starkeOE steer13.. savagea1393 wightc1400 violentc1425 rageousc1450 bolda1522 masterfula1522 shouldering1747 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > rich or strong wightc1400 generous1607 polyphorous1657 full-bodied1723 big1890 mouth-filling1975 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight* (1940) l. 1591 In þe wyȝt-est of þe water,—þe worre hade þat oþer. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 659 The Scottis all as swyne lyis dronkyn thar Off our wycht wyne. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 36 In wickit wedderis and wicht. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 379 Wachting the wyne, for it was wicht. †c. Strong to resist force; strongly built or constructed; stout. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1029 Swiche meting nas neuer non made Wiþ worþli wepen wiȝt. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. clxxiii. 5404 The wardane has þat castell tane, And saw it wycht of lyme and stane. c1440 Generydes 3634 I must haue A shippe bothe good and wight, And that it be right swift vnder a saile. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cclxvi Though the braunches be stronge and wyght. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxii. 96 He toke fro me y^e toure and a wyght harnes. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xli. 42 The freikis on feildis That wight wapins weildis. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 384 Sayand, he wald ride furth a whyle, To seay a bow that was sumthing wicht. 3. Moving briskly or rapidly; active, agile, nimble, quick; swift, fleet. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly lightOE quiverOE wight1390 yerna1400 sharpc1440 fisking?1523 skeetc1540 nimblea1547 flit1590 brisk1599 brisky1600 smart1602 whipping1602 running1662 nimble-movinga1676 snack1710 brushing1792 adance1828 slippy1847 nippy1849 smartish1921 hoppy1934 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 298 Hem that ben delivere and wyhte. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 166 I is ful wight god waat as is a ra. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 527/1 Wyte, or delyvyr, or swyfte. c1440 Gesta Romanorum xxxii. 121 Sche was so wyght of fote, that no man myght Rynne with hire by a grete space. c1450 How Good Wijf (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 41 Manye handis & wight Make an heuy worke light. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2183 in Poems (1981) 83 The volff wes wicht, and wan away. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. C vij If Carres horse had not ben exceding good & wight his lordship had surely run him thrugh. 1586 G. Whitney Choice of Emblemes 107 Since fame is wighte of winge. 1616 Barbour's Actes & Life Bruce (Hart) 23 There na horse is in this land Sa wight, nor yet sa well rinnand. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 430 Wight, swift. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xxii. 23 Mount thee on the wightest steed. B. adv. 1. Actively, nimbly, energetically; quickly, rapidly, swiftly. Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly lighteOE lightly?a1200 wightlyc1330 deliverlya1375 swipperly?a1400 wakerly?a1400 wighta1400 yaplya1400 featlyc1400 nimblyc1450 lightsomely1561 nimble1568 wimbly1594 yarelya1616 yare1622 featilya1640 agilely1663 cleverly1686 spry1855 lissomely1902 spryly1905 cattishly1913 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] hardlyeOE strongeOE hardOE fastOE starklyOE stalworthlyc1175 starkc1225 mainlyc1300 fellc1330 snellc1330 stout1338 wightlya1340 sadlya1375 sharplyc1380 tough1398 stoutly1399 throa1400 wighta1400 lustilyc1400 sorec1400 vigourslyc1400 stiff1422 vigoriouslya1450 vigorouslya1450 actuallya1470 stourlyc1480 forcely?a1500 lustly1529 fricklyc1540 dingilya1555 livelily?1565 crankly1566 forcibly1578 crank1579 wightily?a1600 proudly1600 energetically1609 stiffly1623 ding-dong1628 greenly1633 hard and fast1646 slashingly1659 thwackingly1660 warmlya1684 robustly1709 sonsily1729 forcefullya1774 vim1843 zippily1924 vibrantly1926 punchily1934 zingily1951 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and briskly sharplya1000 smartc1300 smartlyc1300 spackc1330 wightlyc1330 spacklya1350 swipperly?a1400 wighta1400 nimblyc1450 quiverly1519 roundly1548 nimble1568 bragly1579 snap1583 yarelya1616 briskly1665 smartish1839 nippily1932 snappingly1976 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3836 Iacob lifted vp þat ston ful wight. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1762 Wiȝt wallande joye warmed his hert. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 103 Cables þay fasten, Wiȝt at þe wyndas weȝen her ankres. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 280 Sithen we fled away full wight. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 341 The rest of airchouris schott far and wight. 1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 65 Down the brae I gaed fu' wight. †2. Quickly, without delay, directly, immediately. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 617 I schal wynne yow wyȝt of water a lyttel. c1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 49 Euerlastynge ȝatis, openeþ wight! c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 227 My lord, it xall be done ful wygth. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 61 Their winged words th' effect ensues as wight. Compounds † wight-rider n. Obsolete a stout and active horseman; a mounted raider. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > stout or heavyweight wight-rider1569 welter1804 welter weight1832 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > sacker, raider, or looter > [noun] reavereOE forayerc1330 cateran1371 ransackerc1390 depopulatorc1440 rover1481 forager1489 river?a1500 riderc1550 wight-rider1569 predour1577 sacker1589 harrier1596 boot-haler1600 marauder1698 poligar1773 skinner1780 looter1860 raider1861 1569 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. lv. 556 ‘About the Queen’, say good-fellows, Wight-riders and Robbers in the Borders of the two Realms. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn rodeur ou coureur, a roder or wigh [t] rider. † wight-riding adj. Obsolete (see also quot. 1894). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > riding fast or heavily volant1548 wight-riding?1578 ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 27 Too the number of a sixteen wight riding men. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Wight-riding, of the upper class. (Obs.) wight-wapping adj. [wap v.¹] moving rapidly, or characterized by such movement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] swiftc888 swifta1050 currentc1300 quickc1300 hastivea1325 hastyc1330 ingnel1340 swiftyc1380 speedfula1387 fasta1400 swippingc1420 speedy1487 fleet1528 tite?a1540 scudding1545 flighty1552 suddenly1556 flight1581 feathered1587 Pegasean1590 wing-footed1591 swift-winged?1592 thought-swift-flying1595 wind-winged?1596 swallow-winged1597 Pegasarian1607 skelping1607 rapid1608 night-swifta1616 celerious1632 clipping1635 perniciousa1656 volatile1655 quick-foot1658 meteorous1667 windy1697 high-flying1710 fleet-footed1726 aliped1727 wickc1760 velocious1775 flight-performing1785 fast-going1800 fast-moving1802 meteor1803 wight-wapping1830 fleety1841 speeding1847 swiftening1848 two-forty1855 fire-swift1865 pennate1870 spinning1882 percursory1884 zippy1889 meteoric1895 pacy1906 presto1952 1830 W. Scott Ayrshire Trag. i. 1 The weaver shall find room At the wight-wapping loom. Derivatives † wightlayke adj. [? -like suffix influenced by -laik suffix] Obsolete quick, immediate (cf. B. 2 above). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adjective] ferlyc893 cofc1000 swiftc1000 smarta1325 suddenc1390 undelayed1439 wightlaykec1450 short1480 present1489 indelayed1523 on or upon a (or the) sudden1558 immediate1569 instant1598 momentaneous1657 abrupt1725 presto1767 summary1771 momentary1799 pistolgraph1859 fast1863 c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (1888) 144 Wightlayke delyvrenesse with out ony tarditee. † wightling n. [-ling suffix¹ 1] Obsolete a valiant man, a brave warrior. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior thanec893 berne937 helethOE wightlingc1330 felona1400 viragoa1513 thunderer1586 paladin1592 Fian1787 beau sabreur1834 war hero1898 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 8093 Galathin com swiþe flinge Wiþ þre þousand wiȝtling. † wightship n. Obsolete valour, bravery. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [noun] earlshipOE prowessc1325 pruancec1330 valiantisec1330 wightshipc1330 valure?a1350 wightness1377 orpednessa1398 orpedshipc1400 valiantness1470 valiance1475 fierceness1490 priceheadc1540 valiancy1574 valor1586 valencea1604 valeur1646 valorousness1727 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7653 Of wiȝtschippe & cheualrie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c888adj.adv.c1275
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