gewiht

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ġeƿiht

Etymology

From West Germanic *gawihti, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz, *gawihtiz (compare *weganą). Related to Dutch gewicht, German Gewicht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈwiht/, [jeˈwiçt]

Noun

ġewiht n

  1. weight
    Mid his hundtēontiġ fōta lenġe and hwīlum māran þanne þrēo hund and hundeahtatiġ þūsend punda ġewihte, se hǣwenhwæl oferstīġþ ǣlċ ōðer dēor on Eorðan.
    With its 100-foot length and weight of sometimes more than 380,000 pounds, the blue whale surpasses every other animal on Earth.
    ġemetu and ġewiht
    measures and weights

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