Definitions For Hight

Noun

hopefulness, expectedness gladness, satisfaction

Descendants

{{desc, en, hight}} {{q, obsolete}}

References

{{R:MED Online, entry=hight (n.) , id=MED20772 , accessdate=2018-05-24}}

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, huht, hihht, hihte, hiȝte, hiht}}

Etymology 1

From {{der, en, enm, hight, , to be named, be called}} (alternative past participle of hoten), from {{der, en, ang, hēht, , pos=preterite of hātan, to be named, be called}}, from hehait-, reduplicate preterite base of {{der, en, gem-pro, *haitaną, , to call, command, summon}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *key(w)-}}, *kyew-, , to set in motion. Cognate with {{cog, fy, hjitte}}, {{cog, nl, heten}}, {{cog, nds, heten}}, {{cog, de, heißen}}, {{cog, da, hedde}}, {{cog, nn, heita}}, {{cog, sv, heta}}, {{cog, la, cieō, t=I call, I set in motion}}.

Verb

- , - , hight , pres_3sg2=hote , pres_3sg2_qual=obsolete , pres_ptc2=hoting , pres_ptc2_qual=obsolete hight is only the preterite or past participle, not the infinitive or present. (archaic, transitive) To call, name. (archaic, intransitive) To be called or named. (archaic, dialectal) To command; to enjoin. : {{ux, en, I hight ye take me wi' ye. I ne can no lenger her b'live.}}

Usage notes

The verb hight has many different forms in many different regions. For the present tense the form het is rather common. The usage example for the sense "to command or to enjoin" can be rendered in standard English in the following manner: * I hight ye take me wi' ye. I ne can no lenger her b'live = I bid you take me with you. I can no longer stay here. Moreover, in the sense "to enjoin", the word is mainly used for emphasis, and as such is untranslatable into standard English. For example: I het ye leit mee men ga. 'Ey ne dyde nathing te na ane. 'Ey ar wyteless. (Please, let my men go. They did not do anything to any one. They are blameless). The word survives only as part of the oral tradition in rural Scotland and Northern England. It is no longer used in common speech.

Translations

call Belarusian: называ́цца, impf, sc=Cyrl Bulgarian: ка́звам се, impf, нари́чам, impf, alt=нари́чам се, sc=Cyrl Burmese: ခေါ်, sc=Mymr Catalan: dir-se Chinese: : Mandarin: 叫, tr=jiào, sc=Hani, 稱為, sc=Hani, 称为, tr=chēngwéi, sc=Hani Czech: jmenovat, impf, alt=jmenovat se Danish: hedde Dutch: heten Esperanto: nomiĝi Faroese: eita Finnish: kutsutaan French: s'appeler, nommer, alt=se nommer Galician: chamarse German: heißen, nennen, alt=sich nennen Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Greek: λέγομαι, sc=Grek Icelandic: heita Italian: chiamarsi Japanese: 言う, tr=...という, ... to iu, alt=...と言う, sc=Jpan, いう, tr=...という, ... to iu, alt=...という, sc=Jpan, 申す, tr=...ともうす, ... to mōsu, alt=...と申す, sc=Jpan {{qualifier, humble}} Khmer: ឈ្មោះ, tr=chmʊəh, sc=Khmr Korean: 부르다, alt=...(이)라고 부르다, sc=Kore Lao: ຊື່ Macedonian: вика, alt=се ви́ка, sc=Cyrl Norwegian: : Bokmål: hete : Nynorsk: heita Old English: hātan Old Norse: heita Persian: گفته شدن (gofté šodán, sc=fa-Arab) Polish: nazywać, impf, alt=nazywać się, zwać, impf, alt=zwać się {{qualifier, dated}} Portuguese: chamar-se Russian: называ́ться, impf, именова́ться, impf Serbo-Croatian: {{qualifier, reflexive}} zvati, звати Slovak: volať, impf, alt=volať sa Slovene: imenovati, impf, alt=imenovati se Spanish: llamarse Swedish: heta Thai: ชื่อ Turkish: çağrılabilir Ukrainian: назива́тися, impf, sc=Cyrl Vietnamese: gọi là, alt=được gọi là Volapük: panemön

Adjective

(not comparable) (archaic) called, called, named. : Synonym: yclept

Translations

Russian: называ́емый, имену́емый

Etymology 2

See height

Noun

HIGHT (plural HIGHTs) {{obsolete form of, en, height}} : (Milton)

Anagrams

thigh

Middle English

Etymology

From {{inh, enm, ang, hyht}}, from {{inh, enm, gem-pro, *huhtiz}}.