Saught

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Reconciliation; peace; ease. UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To reconcile; become reconciled. UK, ambitransitive, dialectal
Adjective
  1. 1
    Reconciled; agreed; at one. UK, dialectal

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”).

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