"saught" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more saught [comparative], most saught [superlative], saucht [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|saughte}} Middle English saughte, {{inh|en|ang|saht}} Old English saht, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sahtiz|t=reproach, agreement, reconciliation}} Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*seh₂g-|t=to seek, trace}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”), {{cog|non|sátt}} Old Norse sátt Head templates: {{en-adj}} saught (comparative more saught, superlative most saught)
  1. (UK dialectal) Reconciled; agreed; at one. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-saught-en-adj-dX~T98M~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 19 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 11 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 7 28

Noun

Forms: saucht [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|saughte}} Middle English saughte, {{inh|en|ang|saht}} Old English saht, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sahtiz|t=reproach, agreement, reconciliation}} Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*seh₂g-|t=to seek, trace}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”), {{cog|non|sátt}} Old Norse sátt Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} saught (uncountable)
  1. (UK dialectal, archaic) Reconciliation; peace; ease. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-saught-en-noun-gRE0Bs5C Categories (other): British English

Verb

Forms: saughts [present, singular, third-person], saughting [participle, present], saughted [participle, past], saughted [past], saucht [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|saughte}} Middle English saughte, {{inh|en|ang|saht}} Old English saht, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sahtiz|t=reproach, agreement, reconciliation}} Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*seh₂g-|t=to seek, trace}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”), {{cog|non|sátt}} Old Norse sátt Head templates: {{en-verb}} saught (third-person singular simple present saughts, present participle saughting, simple past and past participle saughted)
  1. (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To reconcile; become reconciled. Tags: UK, ambitransitive, dialectal Categories (topical): Peace Related terms: settle
    Sense id: en-saught-en-verb-p2PC8~WF Categories (other): British English
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        "(UK dialectal) Reconciled; agreed; at one."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "saught"
}

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