"wiht" meaning in Old Saxon

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Noun

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”), {{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, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "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,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Wicht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sauerländisch: Weyht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "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": "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": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "creature, person, thing, being"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiht-osx-noun-MkuoieWR",
      "links": [
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wixt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiht"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "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,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Wicht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sauerländisch: Weyht"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "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": "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",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "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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