hight


hight

H0126000 (hīt)adj. Archaic Named or called.
[Middle English, past participle of highten, hihten, to call, be called, from hehte, hight, past tense of hoten, from Old English hātan; see keiə- in Indo-European roots.]

hight

(haɪt) vb (Poetry) (tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) archaic poetic to name; call: a maid hight Mary. [Old English heht, from hatan to call; related to Old Norse heita, Old Frisian hēta, Old High German heizzan]

hight

(haɪt)

adj. Archaic. called or named: Childe Harold was he hight. [before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, preterit of hātan to name, call, promise; akin to behest]