adv.
WA wightly, wiʒtly
'bravely; swiftly’ (Modern English wightly)
PGmc Ancestor
*wīga-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
vígr ‘in fighting state, serviceable’
(ONP vígr (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Icel vígur, Norw andvig, runic Sw wīgaʀ, Sw vig
OE Cognate
orwīge (adj.) ‘defenceless’
Phonological and morphological markers
<p>ON adjectival (adverbial) <em>-t</em></p>
Summary category
A2*c
Predominantly N and E and alliterative (inc. PP and WPal) in ME.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 688; Cl 908; WA 120, 651, 1030, etc.