Wight, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a
creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a
creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. vætt&?; a wight, vætt&?; a
whit, Goth. waíhts, waíht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. &?;. Cf.
Whit.]