wight

Middle English

/wixt/, /wixt/

noun
Definitions
  • A creature, a being.
  • A person, a human being.
  • A demon, monster
  • A small amount (of a quantity, length, distance or time); a whit.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wiht (person, being, creature, whit, thing, something, anything, wight, human being, weight) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (essence, object, thing).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wihtiz

Gloss

essence, object, thing

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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