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Etymology
From Early Middle English fæhte, from Old English feahte.
Pronunciation
Verb
feight
- simple past of vetch (“to utter (a sigh)”)
1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 11:Fan the loughraan itzel feight e big bawl,- When the ghost itself gave a loud bawl,
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132