HIGHT

Etymology 1

Verb

hight (third-person singular simple present (obsolete) hote or -, present participle (obsolete) hoting or -, simple past and past participle hight)

hight is only the preterite or past participle, not the infinitive or present.

(archaic, transitive) To call, name.

(archaic, intransitive) To be called or named.

(archaic, dialectal) To command; to enjoin.

Usage notes

• The verb hight has many different forms in many different regions. For the present tense the form het is rather common. The usage example for the sense "to command or to enjoin" can be rendered in standard English in the following manner

I hight ye take me wi' ye. I ne can no lenger her b'live = I bid you take me with you. I can no longer stay here.

• Moreover, in the sense "to enjoin", the word is mainly used for emphasis, and as such is untranslatable into standard English. For example: I het ye leit mee men ga. 'Ey ne dyde nathing te na ane. 'Ey ar wyteless. (Please, let my men go. They did not do anything to any one. They are blameless).

• The word survives only as part of the oral tradition in rural Scotland and Northern England. It is no longer used in common speech.

Adjective

hight (not comparable)

(archaic) Called, named.

Synonym: yclept

Etymology 2

See height

Noun

hight (plural hights)

Obsolete form of height.

Anagrams

• thigh

Proper noun

Hight (plural Hights)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hight is the 6094^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5629 individuals. Hight is most common among White (86.62%) individuals.

Anagrams

• thigh

Source: Wiktionary

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Hight, n.

Definition: A variant of Height.

Hight, v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot (, p. p. Hight, Hote (Hoten (Hote.] Etym: [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. hatan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also hatte is called, was called; akin to G. heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive, to be called.]

1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]

Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote. The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. Chaucer. Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. Surrey. Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. Longfellow. Childe Harold was he hight. Byron.

2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.] But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. Spenser.

3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.] Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. Spenser.

4. To promise. [Obs.] He had hold his day, as he had hight. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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