Meaning wight
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Old English wiht "living being, creature, person; something, anything," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (source also of Old Saxon wiht "thing, demon," Dutch wicht "a little child, [..]
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wight


a person of a specified kind
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wight


person, creature, being wiste
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wight


 man, person.
Source: shakespeare-online.com

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(n) a human being; `wight' is an archaic term(n) an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
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adj. "vigorous, strong," s.v. wight a. (adv.) OED. KEY: wight@adj
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adj 2 wight 2
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n. "creature, being; bit (of time or distance)," s.v. wight sb. OED. KEY: wight@n
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n 409 wight 311 wightes 6 wyght 90 wyghtes 2
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A being, especially a mythic being.
Source: uppsalaonline.com

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(archaic) A living creature, especially a human being. * '''circa 1602''', , '''', act 1, scene 3: *: O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield? * '''1626''', , '''', verse vi *: Oh say [..]
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