wyʒtly

adv.

WA wightlywiʒtly

'bravely; swiftly’ (Modern English wightly)

Etymology

Formed on wyʒt (adj.).

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

Attestation

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. 

Bibliography

MED wightlī (adv.) , OED wightly (adv.) , HTOED , HTOED , Dance wyʒtly, Bj. 19-20