wiht

== Old English == === Alternative forms === wiaht — Kentish wyht, wuht, uht === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wixt/, [wiçt] Rhymes: -ixt === Etymology 1 === From a fusion of Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (feminine) and *wihtą (neuter), both meaning "thing". These words became *wihti and *wiht in West Germanic and then merged in ante-historic Old English by regular sound change. Cognate with Old Saxon wiht (Low German Wicht), Old Dutch wiht (Dutch wicht), Old High German wiht (German Wicht), Old Norse vætr (Swedish vätte), and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts) and 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 (waiht). ==== Noun ==== wiht f or n thing late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy being, creature ===== Declension ===== Feminine: Strong i-stem: Neuter: Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== āwiht nānwiht sǣwiht (“sea creature”) ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: wight, wiȝtEnglish: wight, whitScots: wicht, wycht === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *wihti. Cognate with Middle Low German wicht, Dutch wicht, gewicht, Old Norse vætt (compare also Danish vægt, Norwegian vekt); Old High German giwihti (German Gewicht). ==== Noun ==== wiht f weight ===== Synonyms ===== ġewiht (much more common) ===== Related terms ===== wegan ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: weght, weghte, weighte, weihte, weit, wighteEnglish: weightScots: wecht, weichtYola: waaight == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *wihti. Cognate with Old English wiht, Dutch wicht, Old High German wiht (German Wicht), Old Norse vættr (“exceptional creature”), vætr, véttr, or vétr (Danish vætte, Swedish vätte), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wixt/ === Noun === wiht n or f creature, person, thing, being ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: wicht, wucht German Low German: Wicht Dutch Low Saxon: wicht Westphalian: Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Wicht Sauerländisch: Weyht Westmünsterländisch: Wicht