aicht

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Scots

Pronunciation

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

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