myght

Middle English

Alternative forms

maught, might, myghte, miȝt

Etymology

From Old English miht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mixt/, [miçt]
(forms from OE maht) IPA^(key): /mau̯xt/, [mau̯xt]

Noun

myght

might

Descendants

English: might
Scots: micht, maucht

References

“might, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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