Word of the Day: WIGHTLING

ETYMOLOGY
from wight (strong and courageous, esp. in warfare) + -ling (with the sense a person belonging to or concerned with)

EXAMPLE
“…Now, wiþ outen more dueling,
Galathin com swiþe flinge 
Wiþ þre þousand wiȝtling
& smot oȝain þat heþen king…”

From: Arthour and Merlin;
an anonymous Middle English verse romance giving an account of the reigns of Vortigern and Uther Pendragon and the early years of King Arthur’s reign, c1330