wiht

Old English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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

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

  1. weight
Synonyms
Descendants

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

  1. 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
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