saught

English

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Etymology

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

saught (uncountable)

  1. (UK dialectal, archaic) Reconciliation; peace; ease.

Verb

saught (third-person singular simple present saughts, present participle saughting, simple past and past participle saughted)

  1. (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To reconcile; become reconciled.

Adjective

saught (comparative more saught, superlative most saught)

  1. (UK dialectal) Reconciled; agreed; at one.

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