saught

== English == === Alternative forms === saucht (Scotland) === Etymology === From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”). === Noun === saught (uncountable) (UK dialectal, archaic) Reconciliation; peace; ease. === Verb === saught (third-person singular simple present saughts, present participle saughting, simple past and past participle saughted) (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To reconcile; become reconciled. ==== Related terms ==== settle === Adjective === saught (comparative more saught, superlative most saught) (UK dialectal) Reconciled; agreed; at one. === Anagrams === aughts, ghauts