ight
English
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)
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Etymology 2
Contraction
ight
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]
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