dight

[ dahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, dight or dight·ed, dight·ing.

dight

/ daɪt /

Origin of dight¹

before 1000; Middle English dighten, Old English dihtan to arrange, compose < Latin dīctāre ( dictate ); cognate with German dichten

Origin of dight¹

Old English dihtan to compose, from Latin dictāre to dictate

Dight were her head and the crook all over with gold, and the bulwarks thereof were as high as on sea-faring ships.

We shall be hang'd anon, away good wenches, and have a care you dight things handsomly, I will look over you.

And there on the dais was a table dight with dainty meats and drinks, and the lady bade us thereto, and we sat to it.

Chaucer never rimes -ight with -yt, as in the case of dight, delyt; Rom.

But what would be Chartres, his spot of election for prayer, were it unsoftened by its storied windows richly dight?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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