Wighty

a. Obs. exc. dial. [f. WIGHT a. + -Y¹ 2.] = WIGHT a.

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14[?]. Langl., P. Pl., C. XVI. 172 (MS. E). Al þe wytt of þis worlde ne wyȝty mennes strengþe Can noȝt performe a pes of þe pope.

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c. 1475. Partenay, 4704. Gaffray tombled there. Anon releuing in wighty manere.

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16[?]. Adam O Gordon, 124, in Pinkerton, Scot. Trag. Ball. (1781), 48. Put on, put on, my wichty men, Sae fast as ye can drie.

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1825. Brockett, N. C. Gloss., Wighty, strong and active.

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Hence † Wightily adv. = WIGHTLY.

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c. 1480. Henryson, Cock & Fox, xxiii. Full wichtilie [v.r. wichtlie] thay throw wod and watteris went.

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