wight

wight

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wight

Wight, Wightin saari, Wightsaari.

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1. puhekieltä A living creature, especially a human being.

2. circa 1602, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:The Merry Wives of Windsor|The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 1, scene 3:

O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield?

3. 1626, w:John Milton|John Milton, s:On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough|On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, verse vi

Oh say me true if thou wert mortal wight
And why from us so quickly thou didst take thy flight.

4. puhekieltä A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.

5. puhekieltä A ghost or other supernatural entity.

6. 1789, w:William Blake|William Blake, s:A Dream (Blake)|A Dream, lines 14-15-16

But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied: ‘What wailing wight
Calls the watchman of the night?

7. puhekieltä A wraith-like creature.

8. (archaic except in dialects) brave Brave, valorous, strong.

9. (RQ:Mlry MrtDrthr):

I haue two sones that were but late made knyghtes / and the eldest hyghte sir Tirre /(..)/ and my yongest sone hyght Lauayne / and yf hit please yow / he shalle ryde with yow vnto that Iustes / and he is of his age x stronge and wyght

10. puhekieltä strong Strong; stout; active.

11. A person, a human being.

12. 1368-1372, w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer, s:The Book of the Duchess|The Book of the Duchess, line 579:

"Worste of alle wightes."

13. 1379-1380, w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer, s:The House of Fame|The House of Fame, line 1830-1831:

"We ben shrewes, every wight,

And han delyt in wikkednes."

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