wight

(Angielski)

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.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/waɪt/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: wight

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: wiht

Pokrewny z scots: wicht

Pokrewny z niderlandzki: wicht

Pokrewny z niemiecki: Wicht

Pokrewny z norweski (bokmål): vette

Pokrewny z szwedzki: vätte

Pokrewny z islandzki: vættur

Pokrewny z staroangielski: 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.

Koncepcje

mężny

stworzenie

waleczny

chrobry

Synonimy

creature

dwarf

gallant

heroic

Tłumaczenia

yaratık

άτομο

criatura

ον

Kreatur

πρόσωπο

valoroso

créature

creatura

schepsel

ανδρείος

πλάσμα

heldenhaft

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