wight

wight

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wight

1. Wight, Wightin saari, Wightsaari.

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Wight

• puhekieltä A living creature, especially a human being.

• circa 1602, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:The Merry Wives of Windsor|The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3:

O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield?

• 1626, w:John Milton|John Milton, s:On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough|On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, verse vi

Oh say me true if thou wert mortal wightAnd why from us so quickly thou didst take thy flight.

• puhekieltä A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.

• puhekieltä A ghost or other supernatural entity.

• 1789, w:William Blake|William Blake, s:A Dream (Blake)|A Dream, lines 14-15-16

But I saw a glow-worm near,Who replied: ‘What wailing wightCalls the watchman of the night?

• puhekieltä A wraith-like creature.

• (archaic except in dialects) brave Brave, valorous, strong.

• (RQ:Mlry MrtDrthr):

I haue two sones that were but late made knyghtes / and the eldest hyghte sir Tirre /(..)/ and my yongest sone hyght Lauayne / and yf hit please yow / he shalle ryde with yow vnto that Iustes / and he is of his age x stronge and wyght

• puhekieltä strong Strong; stout; active.

• A person, a human being.

• 1368-1372, w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer, s:The Book of the Duchess|The Book of the Duchess, line 579:

"Worste of alle wightes."

• 1379-1380, w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer, s:The House of Fame|The House of Fame, line 1830-1831:

"We ben shrewes, every wight,

And han delyt in wikkednes."

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