aicht

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ext/, /ɛçt/

Etymology 1

Verb

aicht (chiefly Orkney and Northern Scots)

1. to owe, to be indebted
2. to own, to be the owner of
   • 1968, traditional Child ballad, “The Fause Knight Upon the Road”, in Ballads and Songs of Scotland, performed by Norman Kennedy:

     Fa echts aa thae sheep, quo the fause knicht upon the road,
     Ma mither's and ma ain, quo the wee boy, an still he stood.

     Who owns all of those sheep, said the false knight upon the road,
     My mother and myself, said the little boy, and still he stood.

3. owing (of a person)
4. possessed of (with dependent substantive)

Etymology 2

Adjective

aicht

1. Alternative form of echt

References

• “aicht, v. tr.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• “echt, num. adj.2.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.