wight means the Isle of Wight. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
wight is pronounced /waɪt/.
name
- The Isle of Wight.
- A sea area comprising part of the English Channel, from the southern English coast down to Normandy.
- A surname.
noun
- A living creature, especially a human being.“O bace gongarian wight, wilt thou the ſpicket willd?”
- A supernatural being, often used in compounds such as the land-vættr which guard the land, especially the four guardians of Iceland.
- A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.“But I saw a glow-worm near, / Who replied: ‘What wailing wight / Calls the watchman of the night?”
- A wraith-like creature.
adj
- Brave, valorous, strong.“I haue two sones that were but late made knyghtes / and the eldest hyghte sir Tirre /[…]/ and my yongest sone hyght Lauayne / and yf hit please yow / he shalle ryde with yow vnto that Iustes / and he is of his age x stronge and wyght”
- Strong; stout; active.“Then spake Much the milner son, / Ever more well him betide! / ‘Take twelve of thy wight yeomen, / Well weapon’d by thy side. / Such one would thyselfë slon, / That twelve dare not abide.’”