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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /wɪct/
* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /wɪçt/


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# ''(archaic)'' being, creature
# ''(archaic)'' being, creature
# weight
# weight
#:'' '''Wight''' biet fan thet swårkræftige feld ther Erthe fororsaken.''
#:'' '''Wight''' biet fan ðet swårkræftige feld ðer Erþe fororsaken.''
#:: '' '''Weight''' is caused by the gravitational field of the Earth''
#:: '' '''Weight''' is caused by the gravitational field of the Earth''



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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk vight, from Old Skundavisk vihti, from Halmisk ᚹᛁᚻᛏᛁ (wihti), ᚹᛁᚻᛏᛁᛉ (wihtiŕ), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

wight f. (class 3b, genitive wight, plural wighte)

  1. (archaic) being, creature
  2. weight
    Wight biet fan ðet swårkræftige feld ðer Erþe fororsaken.
    Weight is caused by the gravitational field of the Earth

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