See Also: hight(1)(dictionary)
hight(2)(dictionary)

hight(2) (iou)



hight verb. arch. Long only as pa. t. & pple hight.
[Old English hatan = Old Frisian heta, Old Saxon hetan, Old High German heian (German heissen call, bid, be called), Old Norse heita, Gothic haitan, from a base repr. by Latin ciere summon, CITE verb.]
verb trans. Command, bid, order. Long rare. OE.
verb trans. Promise, vow. obsolete exc. Scot. OE.
verb trans. Call, name. OE.
E. Birney That sea is hight Time.
verb intrans. Be called, have as a name. OE.
Longfellow Father he hight.
verb trans. Direct; commit; designate; mean. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.