wight

(Inglés)

Noun

1. (archaic) A living creature, especially a human being.
2. (Germanic, Old-Norse) A supernatural being, often used in compounds such as the land-vættr which guard the land, especially the four guardians of Iceland.
3. (poetic) A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.
4. A wraith-like creature.

Adj

1. (archaic) Brave, valorous, strong.
2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Strong; stout; active.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/waɪt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: wight

Herdado de Old English: wiht

Relativo a escocés: wicht

Relativo a neerlandés: wicht

Relativo a alemán: Wicht

Relativo a noruegués bokmål: vette

Relativo a sueco: vätte

Relativo a islandés: vættur

Relativo a Old English: wīġ

In summary

From Middle English wight, wiȝt, from Old English wiht (“thing, creature”), from Proto-West Germanic *wihti, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“thing, creature”, literally “being”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekti- (“cause, sake, thing”), from *wekʷ- (“to say, tell”).
Cognate with Scots wicht (“creature, being, human”), Dutch wicht (“child, baby, girl”), German Low German Wicht (“girl; wight”), German Wicht (“wretch, wight, little creature, scoundrel”), Danish vætte (“underground creature, gnome”), Norwegian Bokmål vette (“underground creature, gnome”), Swedish vätte (“underground creature, gnome”), Icelandic vættur (“imp, elf”). Doublet of whit.

Sinónimos

creature

dwarf

gallant

heroic

Traducións

yaratık

άτομο

criatura

ον

Kreatur

πρόσωπο

valoroso

créature

creatura

schepsel

ανδρείος

πλάσμα

heldenhaft

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