saught
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- saucht (Scotland)
Etymology edit
From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”).
Noun edit
saught (uncountable)
Verb edit
saught (third-person singular simple present saughts, present participle saughting, simple past and past participle saughted)
- (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To reconcile; become reconciled.
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
saught (comparative more saught, superlative most saught)