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Webster 1913 Edition

Wight

Wight

,
Noun.
Weight.
[Obs.]

Wight

,
Noun.
[OE.
wight
,
wiht
, a wight, a whit, AS.
wiht
,
wuht
, a creature, a thing; skin to D.
wicht
a child, OS. & OHG.
wiht
a creature, thing, G.
wicht
a creature, Icel.
vætt[GREEK]
a wight,
vætt[GREEK]
a whit, Goth.
waíhts
,
waíht
, thing; cf. Russ.
veshche
a thing. [GREEK]. Cf.
Whit
.]
1.
A whit; a bit; a jot.
[Obs.]
She was fallen asleep a little
wight
.
Chaucer.
2.
A supernatural being.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
3.
A human being; a person, either male or female; – now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.
“Worst of all wightes.”
Chaucer.
Every
wight
that hath discretion.
Chaucer.
Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal
wight
.
Milton.

Wight

,
Adj.
[OE.
wight
,
wiht
, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
vīgr
in fighting condition, neut.
vīgh [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] vīg
war, akin to AS.
wīg
See
Vanquish
.]
Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.
[Obs. or Poetic]
’T is full
wight
, God wot, as is a roe.
Chaucer.
He was so wimble and so
wight
.
Spenser.
They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,
Pilgrims
wight
with steps forthright.
Emerson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wight

WIGHT

,
Noun.
[g., a living being. L., to live.] A being; a person. It is obsolete, except in irony or burlesque. [See Aught.]
The wight of all the world who lovd thee best.

WIGHT

,
Adj.
Swift; nimble. [This seems to be a dialectical form of quick.]

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