hight

Pronunciation: /haɪt/

The English word “hight” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To call, name.
To be called or named.
To command; to enjoin.

adjective

Called, named.

Etymology

From Middle English highten, variant of hoten (“to name, to be named”), from Old English hātan. The stem of the word was remodelled by analogy with the simple past form hight, from Old English hēht. Cognate with Scots hecht, Dutch heten, German heißen, etc.

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