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adj
Brave, valorous, strong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Qualifier: except in dialects
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adj
Strong; stout; active.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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name
The Isle of Wight.
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name
A sea area comprising part of the English Channel, from the southern English coast down to Normandy.
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name
A surname.
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noun
A living creature, especially a human being.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
A supernatural being, often used in compounds such as the land-vættr which guard the land, especially the four guardians of Iceland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Germanic, Old-Norse
Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
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noun
A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.
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Usage: poetic
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noun
A wraith-like creature.
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Topics: fantasy
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noun
an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Isle of Wight
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Broader terms: county, isle, islet
noun
a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: creature
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
From Middle English wight, from Old Norse vígt, neuter of vígr (“skilled in fighting, of age”), from Proto-Germanic *wīgaz (“fighting”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to fight”). Cognate with Old English wīġ.
From Old English Wiht, from Latin Vēctis (“Isle of Wight”).
Scottish and English surname, from the noun wight.
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.
Across languages
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