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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /wixt/, [wiçt]
Etymology: From a fusion of Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (feminine) and *wihtą (neuter), both meaning "thing." These words became *wihti and *wiht in West Germanic and then merged in prehistoric Old English by regular sound change. Cognate with Old Saxon wiht (Low German Wicht), Old Dutch wiht (Dutch wicht), Old High German wiht (German Wicht), Old Norse vætr (Swedish vätte), and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts) and 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 (waiht). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wihtiz}} Proto-Germanic *wihtiz, {{m|gem-pro|*wihtą}} *wihtą, {{m|gmw-pro|*wihti}} *wihti, {{m|gmw-pro|*wiht}} *wiht, {{cog|osx|wiht}} Old Saxon wiht, {{cog|nds|Wicht}} Low German Wicht, {{cog|odt|wiht}} Old Dutch wiht, {{cog|nl|wicht}} Dutch wicht, {{cog|goh|wiht}} Old High German wiht, {{cog|de|Wicht}} German Wicht, {{cog|non|vætr}} Old Norse vætr, {{cog|sv|vätte}} Swedish vätte, {{cog|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts), {{m|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄}} 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 (waiht) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=n|g3=|head=|sort=}} wiht f or n, {{ang-noun|f|g2=n}} wiht f or n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-f|wiht}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wiht|wihte,wihta|wiht,wihte|wihte,wihta|wihte|wihta|wihte|wihtum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}}, {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|wiht|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wiht|wihtu|wiht|wihtu|wihtes|wihta|wihte|wihtum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], wiht [nominative, singular], wihte [nominative, plural], wihta [nominative, plural], wiht [accusative, singular], wihte [accusative, singular], wihte [accusative, plural], wihta [accusative, plural], wihte [genitive, singular], wihta [genitive, plural], wihte [dative, singular], wihtum [dative, plural], strong [table-tags], wiht [nominative, singular], wihtu [nominative, plural], wiht [accusative, singular], wihtu [accusative, plural], wihtes [genitive, singular], wihta [genitive, plural], wihte [dative, singular], wihtum [dative, plural]
  1. thing Tags: feminine, neuter
    Sense id: en-wiht-ang-noun-XelNaRrj
  2. being, creature Tags: feminine, neuter
    Sense id: en-wiht-ang-noun-BirLBhxR Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 26 49 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wiaht [Kentish], wyht, wuht, uht Derived forms: āwiht, nānwiht
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /wixt/, [wiçt]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wihti. Cognate with Middle Low German wicht, Dutch wicht, gewicht, Old Norse vætt (compare also Danish vægt, Norwegian vekt); Old High German giwihti (German Gewicht). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wihti}} Proto-West Germanic *wihti, {{cog|gml|wicht}} Middle Low German wicht, {{cog|nl|wicht}} Dutch wicht, {{m|nl|gewicht}} gewicht, {{cog|non|vætt}} Old Norse vætt, {{cog|da|vægt}} Danish vægt, {{cog|no|vekt}} Norwegian vekt, {{cog|goh|giwihti}} Old High German giwihti, {{cog|de|Gewicht}} German Gewicht Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wiht f, {{ang-noun|f}} wiht f
  1. weight Tags: feminine Synonyms: ġewiht [common] Related terms: wegan
    Sense id: en-wiht-ang-noun-CETfj-6e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wiaht [Kentish], wyht, wuht, uht
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Old Saxon]

IPA: /wixt/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wihti. Cognate with Old English wiht, Dutch wicht, Old High German wiht (German Wicht), Old Norse vættr (“exceptional creature”), vætr, véttr, or vétr (Danish vætte, Swedish vätte), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts). Etymology templates: {{dercat|osx|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|osx|gmw-pro|*wihti}} Proto-West Germanic *wihti, {{cog|ang|wiht}} Old English wiht, {{cog|nl|wicht}} Dutch wicht, {{cog|goh|wiht}} Old High German wiht, {{cog|de|Wicht}} German Wicht, {{cog|non|vættr||exceptional creature}} Old Norse vættr (“exceptional creature”), {{m|non|vætr}} vætr, {{m|non|véttr}} véttr, {{m|non|vétr}} vétr, {{cog|da|vætte}} Danish vætte, {{cog|sv|vätte}} Swedish vätte, {{cog|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts) Head templates: {{head|osx|noun|g=n|g2=f|head=|sort=}} wiht n or f, {{osx-noun|n|g2=f}} wiht n or f
  1. creature, person, thing, being Tags: feminine, neuter
    Sense id: en-wiht-osx-noun-MkuoieWR Categories (other): Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "āwiht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nānwiht"
    }
  ],
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wiȝt",
            "3": "wight"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wiȝt, wight",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wiȝt, wight"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wight",
            "3": "whit"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wight, whit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wight, whit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wicht"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wicht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wicht"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*wihtą"
      },
      "expansion": "*wihtą",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*wihti"
      },
      "expansion": "*wihti",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "*wiht"
      },
      "expansion": "*wiht",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "wiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon wiht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Wicht"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Wicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "wiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch wiht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wicht"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wiht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Wicht"
      },
      "expansion": "German Wicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vætr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vætr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vätte"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vätte",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄"
      },
      "expansion": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 (waiht)",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-i-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihtu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihtu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihtes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wihtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "n",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wiht f or n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "g2": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "wiht f or n",
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "wiht"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiht",
        "2": "wihte,wihta",
        "3": "wiht,wihte",
        "4": "wihte,wihta",
        "5": "wihte",
        "6": "wihta",
        "7": "wihte",
        "8": "wihtum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiht",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiht",
        "2": "wihtu",
        "3": "wiht",
        "4": "wihtu",
        "5": "wihtes",
        "6": "wihta",
        "7": "wihte",
        "8": "wihtum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "God doesn't chase anything, because nothing can run from him.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nGod ne ēht nānre wihte, for þȳ hine nān wiht ne mæġ flēon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiht-ang-noun-XelNaRrj",
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 49 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "being, creature"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiht-ang-noun-BirLBhxR",
      "links": [
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ],
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wixt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wiçt]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Kentish"
      ],
      "word": "wiaht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wyht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wuht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiht"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "weight"
          },
          "expansion": "English: weight",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: weight"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wecht"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wecht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wecht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wihti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wihti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "wicht"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German wicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wicht"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gewicht"
      },
      "expansion": "gewicht",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vætt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vætt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "vægt"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish vægt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "vekt"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian vekt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "giwihti"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German giwihti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Gewicht"
      },
      "expansion": "German Gewicht",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wihti.\nCognate with Middle Low German wicht, Dutch wicht, gewicht, Old Norse vætt (compare also Danish vægt, Norwegian vekt); Old High German giwihti (German Gewicht).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wiht f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
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      "name": "ang-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weight"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiht-ang-noun-CETfj-6e",
      "links": [
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "wegan"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "common"
          ],
          "word": "ġewiht"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wixt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wiçt]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Kentish"
      ],
      "word": "wiaht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wyht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wuht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiht"
}

{
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "wicht",
            "3": "wucht"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: wicht, wucht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: wicht, wucht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Wicht"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Wicht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Wicht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-nl",
            "2": "wicht"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch Low Saxon: wicht",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch Low Saxon: wicht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Westphalian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
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          },
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            "1": "nds",
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      "text": "Sauerländisch: Weyht"
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "l"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-i-f",
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      "form": "wihtu",
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      "form": "wiht",
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      "form": "wihtu",
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      "form": "wihtes",
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      "word": "wyht"
    },
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      "word": "wuht"
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    {
      "word": "uht"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "name": "desc"
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      "ipa": "[wiçt]"
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    {
      "word": "wyht"
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      "word": "wuht"
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      "word": "uht"
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      "depth": 3,
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      "text": "Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Wicht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "Weyht"
          },
          "expansion": "Weyht",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sauerländisch: Weyht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "Wicht"
          },
          "expansion": "Wicht",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Westmünsterländisch: Wicht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wihti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wihti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wiht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wicht"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wiht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Wicht"
      },
      "expansion": "German Wicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vættr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "exceptional creature"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vættr (“exceptional creature”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vætr"
      },
      "expansion": "vætr",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "véttr"
      },
      "expansion": "véttr",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vétr"
      },
      "expansion": "vétr",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "vætte"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish vætte",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vätte"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vätte",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wihti.\nCognate with Old English wiht, Dutch wicht, Old High German wiht (German Wicht), Old Norse vættr (“exceptional creature”), vætr, véttr, or vétr (Danish vætte, Swedish vätte), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "f",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wiht n or f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "wiht n or f",
      "name": "osx-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Saxon",
  "lang_code": "osx",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Saxon feminine nouns",
        "Old Saxon lemmas",
        "Old Saxon neuter nouns",
        "Old Saxon nouns",
        "Old Saxon nouns with multiple genders",
        "Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old Saxon terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "creature, person, thing, being"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wixt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiht"
}

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