Wight (disambiguation)
WordNet
noun
(1) An isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
(2) A human being; `wight' is an archaic term
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , from , akin to Old High German Cognate with Dutch , German , and Swedish .
Noun
- A living creature, especially a human being.
- A being of one of the Nine Worlds of heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.
- A ghost or other supernatural entity.
Quotations
- circa 1602, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act i, sc. 3:
- O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield?
- 1626, John Milton, On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, verse vi
- Oh say me true if thou wert mortal wight
And why from us so quickly thou didst take thy flight.
- Oh say me true if thou wert mortal wight
- 1789, William Blake, A Dream, lines 14-15-16
- But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied: ‘What wailing wight
Calls the watchman of the night?
- But I saw a glow-worm near,
Etymology 2
From , neuter of , cognate with Old English .