Dictionary entry

Wight (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wight, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vīgr in fighting condition, neut. vīgh ��� vīg war, akin to AS. wīg See Vanquish.] Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.

'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. Chaucer.

He was so wimble and so wight. Spenser.

They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,

Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson.