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wight

1  [wahyt]
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–noun
1. a human being.
2. Obsolete.
a. a supernatural being, as a witch or sprite.
b. any living being; a creature.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE wiht; c. G Wicht, ON vēttr, Goth waiht
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wight

2  [wahyt]
–adjective British Dialect.
1. strong and brave, esp. in war.
2. active; nimble.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < Scand; cf. ON vīgt, neut. of vīgr able to fight

Wight

  [wahyt]
–noun
Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
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wight 1   (wīt)   
n.   Obsolete
A living being; a creature.

[Middle English, from Old English wiht; see wekti- in Indo-European roots.]
wight 2   (wīt)   
adj.   Archaic
Valorous; brave.

[Middle English, from Old Norse vīgt, neuter of vīgr, able to fight; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.]
Wight   (wīt)   
An island in the English Channel off south-central England. It is a popular resort area and yachting center. Queen Victoria often stayed at the Osborne House near Cowes.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

wight 
O.E. wiht "living being, creature," from P.Gmc. *wekhtiz (cf. O.S. wiht "thing, demon," Du. wicht "a little child," O.H.G. wiht "thing, creature, demon," Ger. Wicht "creature, infant," O.N. vettr "thing, creature," Swed. vätte "spirit of the earth, gnome," Goth. waihts "something"). The only apparent cognate outside Gmc. is O.C.S. vešti "a thing." Not related to the Isle of Wight, which is from L. Vectis (c.150), originally Celtic, possibly meaning "place of the division."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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