English Dictionary

wight

/waɪt/

noun

(archaic) A living creature, especially a human being. / (paganism) A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.

The wight emerged from the shadows.

意味（1）

(archaic) A living creature, especially a human being.

O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield?

意味（2）

(paganism) A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.

意味（3）

(poetic) 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?

意味（4）

(fantasy) A wraith-like creature.