wiht

Old English

Alternative forms

ƿiht, wyht, wuht, uht

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wiçt/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz, “a being”. Cognate with Old Saxon 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).

Noun

wiht f or n (nominative plural wihte)

creature, person, thing, being

Declension

Feminine:

Declension of wiht (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wiht	wihte, wihta
accusative	wiht, wihte	wihte, wihta
genitive	wihte	wihta
dative	wihte	wihtum

Neuter:

Declension of wiht (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wiht	wihtu
accusative	wiht	wihtu
genitive	wihtes	wihta
dative	wihte	wihtum

Descendants

Middle English: wiȝt
- English: wight, whit
- Scots: wicht

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. 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

Related terms

wegan

Descendants

English: weight
Scots: wecht

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. 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): /wɪxt/

Noun

wiht n or f

creature, person, thing, being

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Middle Low German: wicht, wucht
- Dutch Low Saxon: wicht
  - Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Wicht
    Sauerländisch: Weyht
    Westmünsterländisch: Wicht