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wight
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wight \Wight\, n. Weight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wight \Wight\, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. v[ae]tt? a wight, v[ae]tt? a whit, Goth. wa['i]hts, wa['i]ht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. ?. Cf. Whit.] [1913 Webster] 1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] She was fallen asleep a little wight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. "Worst of all wightes." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Every wight that hath discretion. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. --Milton. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wight \Wight\, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[imac]gr in fighting condition, neut. v[imac]gh ??? v[imac]g war, akin to AS. w[imac]g See Vanquish.] Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster] 'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] He was so wimble and so wight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
