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)
Verb
saught (third-person singular simple present saughts, present participle saughting, simple past and past participle saughted)
- (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To reconcile; become reconciled.
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Adjective
saught (comparative more saught, superlative most saught)
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