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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Wight

/wīt/ · IPA /waɪt/
01 n. Weight.
  1. 1.
    Weight.[Obs.]
02 n. A whit; a bit; a jot.
  1. 1.
    A whit; a bit; a jot.[Obs.]
    “She was fallen asleep a little wight.” — Chaucer.
  2. 2.
    A supernatural being.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.
    “Every wight that hath discretion.” — Chaucer.
    “Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight.” — Milton.
03 a. Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.
  1. 1.
    Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.[Obs. or Poetic]
    “'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.