hyght

H4Y4G2H4T1

verb

To be called.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

verb
  1. obsoleteTo be called.

    ‘Ys nat your name Lyonet?’ ‘Sir, so I hyght, and my lady my sister hyght Dame Lyones.’

    1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum XIII”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC
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APA

hyght. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyght

MLA

“hyght.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyght. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyght,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyght.

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