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

1. might

Descendants

• English: might
• Scots: micht, maucht

References

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