hight

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[ hahyt ]

adjective
  1. Archaic. called or named: Childe Harold was he hight.

Origin of hight

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before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, reduplicated preterit of hātan to name, call, promise, command (cognate with German heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to behest

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[ hahyt ]

noun

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hight

/ (haɪt) /


verb
  1. (tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) archaic, poetic to name; call: a maid hight Mary

Origin of hight

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Old English heht, from hatan to call; related to Old Norse heita, Old Frisian hēta, Old High German heizzan

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