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Wight

A wight is a being or thing. This general meaning of the term is shared by its cognates in other Germanic languages, but their usages vary greatly over time and between regions. In Old English, it could refer to anything in existence, with more specificity arising in Middle English, perhaps due to the term of similar meaning in Anglo-Norman, creature. In…

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Etymology

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Wight

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples40
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Wight

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related to Etymology · 16
Wight → Danish, Dutch, German, Gothic, Icelandic, Middle English, Modern English, Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Proto-West Germanic, Scots, Swedish, Wicht
related to Old English · 8
Wight → Beowulf, Exeter Book, Grendel, In Old English, Lindisfarne Gospels, The, Wiht, XCIIIB
related to Old Norse · 3
Wight → As, It, Old Norse
is a · 1
Wight → being or thing

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term beings refer old often english middle used supernatural fantasy similar creature meaning germanic modern german god citation needed anything

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Wightis abeing or thing0.90text
the dwarf which is the focus of the XCIIIB charminstance ofThe term is also used to refer to beings0.80text
and the eoten Grendelinstance ofThe term is also used to refer to beings0.80text
the dragon in Beowulf.The word began to acquire the sense of supernatural or unearthly beingsinstance ofThe term is also used to refer to beings0.80text
included in the 8th century Lindisfarne Gospels.Middle EnglishConnotationsinstance ofThe term is also used to refer to beings0.80text
scopeWhen creature was borrowed from Anglo-Norman around 1300 CEinstance ofThe term is also used to refer to beings0.80text
it was possibly wholly synonymous with Middle Englishinstance ofThe term is also used to refer to beings0.80text
saintsinstance ofeither good or badThe term is used to refer to a range of positive beings with supernatural aspects0.80text
Jesusinstance ofeither good or badThe term is used to refer to a range of positive beings with supernatural aspects0.80text
and his motherinstance ofeither good or badThe term is used to refer to a range of positive beings with supernatural aspects0.80text
Maryinstance ofeither good or badThe term is used to refer to a range of positive beings with supernatural aspects0.80text
mein-vættrinstance ofIt occurs in compound nouns0.80text

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