ight

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English iht, eiȝt, eȝte, æihte, from Old English ǣht (“possessions, property, riches”), from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ēyk- (“to have, own, be able to”). ==== Noun ==== ight (uncountable) (obsolete) possession ===== Alternative forms ===== eight, aught === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Contraction ==== ight (slang) Alternative form of aight. === References === “Ight” listed on page 30 of volume V (H–K), § ii (I) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]  Ight, var. eighte, Aught sb.¹ Obs., possession. [¶] 1390 Gower Conf. II. 378 This Priamus had in his ight [MS. Fairfax 3 yhte] A wife and Hecuba she hight. “ight” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989] === Anagrams === ghit, gith, thig, tigh