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Wight (n.)
1.an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
wight (n.)
1.a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
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WightWight (?), n. Weight. [Obs.]
WightWight, n. [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. �. Cf. 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.
WightWight, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vīgr in fighting condition, neut. vīgh ��� vīg war, akin to AS. wīg See Vanquish.] 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.
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Wight (n.)
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Wight (n.)
county, shire - eyot, isle, islet[Hyper.]
English Channel - British Isles[Desc]
wight (n.)
individual, mortal, person, sb, somebody, someone, soul[Hyper.]
create, make[Dérivé]
age bracket, age group, cohort - brotherhood, fraternity, sodality - ancestry, blood, bloodline, blood line, descent, line, lineage, line of descent, lines of descendance, origin, parentage, parentele, pedigree, sib, stemma, stock - assembly, general assembly, law-makers, legislative, legislative assembly, legislative authority, legislative body, legislative power, legislature - population - audience, public - band, dance band, dance orchestra[Desc]
Wikipedia
Wight is a Middle English word, from Old English wiht, and used to describe a creature or living sentient being. It is akin to Old High German wiht, meaning a creature or thing.[1][2]
In its original usage the word wight described a living human being.[3] More recently, the word has been used within the fantasy genre of literature to describe undead or wraith-like creatures: corpses with a part of their decayed soul still in residence, often draining life from their victims. Notable examples of this include the undead Barrow-wights from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and the wights of Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
The English word is cognate with other Germanic words such as Dutch wicht, German Wicht, Old Norse vættir, Swedish vätte, Danish vætte. Modern High German Wicht means 'small person, dwarf,' and also 'unpleasant person,' while in Low German the word means 'girl.' The Wicht, Wichtel or Wichtelchen of Germanic folklore is most commonly translated into English as an imp, a small, shy character who often does helpful domestic chores when nobody is looking (as in the Tale of the Cobbler's Shoes). These terms are not related to the English word witch. In Scandinavian folklore, too, wights are elusive creatures not unlike elves, capable of mischief as well as of help. In German and Dutch language the word Bösewicht or Booswicht points out an evildoer, "Bösewichte haben keine Lieder" means they (do not make merry) are unpleasant folk.
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin, wights are a category of undead creatures, usually humans or animals who have been killed and turned by the White Walkers (aka the Others) or by other wights. They have pallid skin and fierce ice-blue eyes, and are described as being virtually impervious to all forms of attack, even forcibly amputated limbs are described as having sentience. Their only weaknesses are noted as being fire and complete dismemberment.[4]
Examples of the word used in classic English literature and poetry:
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