wight

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

creatura

valoroso

coraggioso

prode

sinonimi

creature

dwarf

gallant

heroic

Traduzioni

criatura

yaratık

άτομο

πρόσωπο

ον

créature

schepsel

Kreatur

ανδρείος

πλάσμα

heldenhaft

كائِن حيّ

θαρραλέος

γενναίος

criatura

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/waɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wight

Ereditato da inglese antico: wiht

Affine scozzese: wicht

Affine olandese: wicht

Affine tedesco: Wicht

Affine norvegese bokmål: vette

Affine svedese: vätte

Affine islandese: vættur

Affine inglese antico: 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.