English-Thai Dictionary

wight

ADJ แข็งแรง และ กล้าหาญ (คำ โบรา ณ  kang-rang-lea-ka-han

 

wight

N สิ่งมีชีวิต  โดยเฉพาะ มนุษย์ (คำ โบรา ณ  sing-me-che-wid-doi-cha-prow-ma-nud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WIGHT

n.[g., a living being. L., to live. ] A being; a person. It is obsolete, except in irony or burlesque. [See Aught. ] The wight of all the world who lovd thee best.

 

WIGHT

a.Swift; nimble. [This seems to be a dialectical form of quick. ]

 

WIGHTLY

adv. Swiftly; nimbly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WIGHT

WIGHT Wight, n.

 

Defn: Weight. [Obs. ]

 

WIGHT

Wight, n. Etym: [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. vætt a wight, vætt a whit, Goth. waíhts, waíht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. Whit. ]

 

1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs. ] She was fallen asleep a little wight. Chaucer.

 

2. A supernatural being. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

3. A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. "Worst of all wightes." Chaucer. Every wight that hath discretion. Chaucer. Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. Milton.

 

WIGHT

Wight, a. Etym: [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vigr in fighting condition, neut. vigh war, akin to AS. wig See Vanquish. ]

 

Defn: Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic ] 'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. Chaucer. He was so wimble and so wight. Spenser. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson.

 

WIGHTLY

WIGHTLY Wight "ly, adv.

 

Defn: Swiftly; nimbly; quickly. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wight

wight |wīt waɪt | ▶noun [ usu. with adj. ] archaic or dialect a person of a specified kind, esp. one regarded as unfortunate: he always was an unlucky wight. • literary a spirit, ghost, or other supernatural being. ORIGIN Old English wiht ‘thing, creature, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wicht ‘little child ’ and German Wicht ‘creature. ’

 

Wight

Wight |wʌɪt | a shipping forecast area covering the English Channel roughly between the Strait of Dover and the meridian of Poole.

 

Wight, Isle of

Wight, Isle of see Isle of Wight.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Wight

Wight |wʌɪt | a shipping forecast area covering the English Channel roughly between the Strait of Dover and the meridian of Poole.

 

wight

wight |wʌɪt | ▶noun archaic or dialect a person of a specified kind: he always was an unlucky wight. • literary a spirit, ghost, or other supernatural being. ORIGIN Old English wiht ‘thing, creature ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wicht ‘little child ’ and German Wicht ‘creature ’.

 

Wight, Isle of

Wight, Isle of see Isle of Wight.

 

Duden Dictionary

Wight

Wight Eigenname |va͜it |britische Insel