Wight
Wight , noun
Weight. [Obsolete]
Wight , noun
[Old English wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, Anglo-Saxon wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to Dutch wicht a child, Old Saxon & Old High German wiht a creature, thing, German wicht a creature, Icelandic vatt{not transcribed} a wight, vatt{not transcribed} a whit, Gothic waíhts, waíht, thing; compare Russ. veshche a thing. {not transcribed}. Compare Whit.]
1.
A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obsolete]
She was fallen asleep a little wight.
2.
A supernatural being. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
3.
A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.
Worst of all wightes.
Every wight that hath discretion.
Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight.
Wight , adjective
[Old English wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; compare Icelandic vīgr in fighting condition, neut. vīgh {not transcribed} vīg war, akin to Anglo-Saxon wīg See Vanquish.]
Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obsolete or Poetic]
'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe.
He was so wimble and so wight.
They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,
Pilgrims wight with steps forthright.