Meaning
2 senses(archaic)Brave, valorous, strong.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)Strong; stout; active.
Origin
From Middle English wight, from Old Norse vígt, neuter of vígr (“skilled in fighting, of aFrom Middle English wight, from Old Norse vígt, neuter of vígr (“skilled in fighting, of age”), from Proto-Germanic *wīgaz (“fighting”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to fight”). Cognate with Old English wīġ.
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