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As an example of Today's Word, gadzookery, "wight" is
said to mean "brave". I couldn't find that definition:
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition: \Wight\, n.
Weight. [Obs.]
\Wight\, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht,
wuht, a creature, a thing; akin 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}.]
1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.]
She was fallen asleep a little wight. --Chaucer.
2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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.
Every wight that hath discretion. --Chaucer.
Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. --Milton.
\Wight\, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin;
cf. Icel. v[=i]gr in fighting condition, neut. v[=i]gh ???
v[=i]g war, akin to AS. w[=i]g See {Vanquish}.]
Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic]
'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. --Chaucer.
He was so wimble and so wight. --Spenser.
They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims
wight with steps forthright. --Emerson.
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Viz. to wit a wight. Twit? Two wrights coop a tun of sack.
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"wight" is said to mean "brave".
I was wondering about that myself.
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I thought wight meant soul as in person. But, M-W lists it as an adjective meaning valiant, stalwart. Two more deprecated lexical items.
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>I thought wight meant soul as in person.
That was the only definition I knew, too, thanks to JRR's barrow-wights.
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I have never seen "wight" used as an adjective.
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not even the same word ...And there was pandemonium in the isles...
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