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Plural of wight

regular plural

The plural of wight is wights.

Forms of wight

Singularwight /waɪt/
Pluralwights
Countablecountable

Wights in a sentence

  • We are cumbered his corpus for to carry, Many wights on him wonder and wary — Lo, his flesh all beflapped, that fat is.1999, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays, page 208. From the entry beflapped

Meaning of wight

  1. noun A living creature, especially a human being.
  2. noun A supernatural being, often used in compounds such as the land-vættr which guard the land, especially the four guardians of Iceland.
  3. noun A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.

Full definition of wight

Questions about the plural of wight

What is the plural of wight?
The plural of wight is wights.
Is wight countable?
Wight is a countable noun.

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