hyght

English

Verb

hyght

1. (obsolete) To be called.
   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum XIII”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:

     ‘Ys nat your name Lyonet?’ ‘Sir, so I hyght, and my lady my sister hyght Dame Lyones.’

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