Obs. Forms: 1–4 tyht (1 tiht), 3 tuht (ü). [OE. tyht m. (with change of gender) OS. tuht (MLG., MDu., LG., Du. tucht), OHG., MHG. zuht (G. zucht), Goth. *tauhts in ustauhts completion:—OTeut. *tuhtiz fem., f. *tuh, weak grade of verb-stem *teuh (see TEE v.1, and -T suffix3 a).]
1. The action of drawing, draught; going, marching, march, course, way. Only OE.
a. 800. Cynewulf, Elene, 53. Werod wæs on tyhte.
a. 850. Phœnix, 525. Fyr bið on tihte, æleð uncyste.
2. Bringing up, rearing, training, education; (good) breeding; behavior.
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., viii. Ic ðe ʓeongne … me to bearne ʓenom, & to minum tyhtum ʓetyde…. Þu me wære … leof … ær þon þe ðu cuðe minne tyht & mine þeawas.
a. 1240. Sawles Warde, in Cott. Hom., 247. For þat is þeaw in euch stude ant tuht forte halden.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 9307. What for laughynge & oþer tyhtes, What for presentes & oþer delites [v.r. sightes], Þe Erl perceyued … Þe kyng [Uther] louede his wyf Igerne.
Tight, sb.2: see TIGHT a. 13; also TIGHTS.
