wight

(Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/waɪt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: wight

Herdado de inglês arcaico: wiht

Cognato com scots: wicht

Cognato com holandês: wicht

Cognato com alemão: Wicht

Cognato com bokmål norueguês: vette

Cognato com sueco: vätte

Cognato com islandês: vættur

Cognato com inglês arcaico: 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.

Conceitos

criação

criança

🧒

ser

criatura

Sinônimos

creature

dwarf

gallant

heroic

Traduções

yaratık

άτομο

criatura

ον

Kreatur

πρόσωπο

valoroso

créature

creatura

schepsel

ανδρείος

πλάσμα

heldenhaft

كائِن حيّ

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