hight

Significado

Adj

Called, named.

Verb

1. (obsolete) simple past of hote
2. To call, name.
3. To be called or named.
4. To command; to enjoin.

Noun

Obsolete form of height.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/haɪt/

Etimoloxía

From Middle English hight (“to be named, be called”) (alternative past participle of hoten, see also hote), from Old English hēht (“was named, was called”, preterite of hātan), from *hehait-, reduplicate preterite base of Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“to call, command, summon”). Akin to German heißen.