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hyght

hyght verb: to be called.

Verb

hyght

  1. (obsolete) To be called.
    • ‘Ys nat your name Lyonet?’ ‘Sir, so I hyght, and my lady my sister hyght Dame Lyones.’1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum XIII”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer...

Questions about hyght

What does hyght mean?
Hyght means to be called.
What part of speech is hyght?
Hyght is a verb.

Words near hyght in the dictionary

  1. hygenicist
  2. hygenicists
  3. hygenist
  4. hygeology
  5. hygge
  6. hyght
  7. hygiastics
  8. Hygiea
  9. Hygiean
  10. Hygieia
  11. hygieist

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