Dight

When I read the word "dight," my mind went immediately back to Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, l. 146, "in Omer, or in Dares, or in Dyte." ❋ Unknown (2005)

I wonder which sense of "dight" gave rise to its use in a sexual context: "adorn, decorate" or "order, dictate." ❋ Unknown (2005)

Question about the etymology- although 'dight' surely does look derived from 'dictare', can't it also be some variant of 'decked'? ❋ Unknown (2005)

The latest entry Sommer prowde with Daffadillies dight, Posted Saturday, April 30, 2005—there are no permalinks focuses on the word "dight," which I knew as an archaic word for 'adorn'; I probably once knew, but had forgotten, that it was from Latin dictāre 'to dictate, order.' ❋ Unknown (2005)

Indeed, Moulsworth vows to transmute the faulty model provided by the Biblical Martha, the archetypal busy housewife: Moulsworth plans to "dight" (or make ready) her "Inward house" (l. 19) and thus prepare an appropriate habitation for Christ. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Let's not lose dight of the main objective: a Democrat in the White House. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She laughed at his opportune reply and they ceased not carousing till Day put out her light and Night came in darkness dight. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So they arrayed them in gold and many a fair thing, and she went with her damsels till they came to the hall of Brynhild, and that hall was dight with gold, and stood on a high hill; and whenas their goings were seen, it was told Brynhild, that a company of women drove toward the burg in gilded waggons. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After an hour or so the veil lifted and discovered beneath it fifty horsemen, ravening lions to the sight, in steel armour dight. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I give thee gold and all kinds of good things to take to thee after thy father, dear bought rings and bed-gear of the maids of the Huns, the most courteous and well dight of all women; and thus is thy husband atoned for: and thereafter shalt thou be given to ❋ Unknown (2008)

Al – Islam, where Sharrkan found the Moslem in conquered plight and the Chamberlain upon the brink of falling back in flight, whilst the sword of Greece havoc dight among the Faithful, the righteous and those who work upright, — And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Sharrkan looked at her his wits went nigh to fly away from him with delight; and he forgot army and Wazir as he gazed on her fair head decked and dight with a net work of pearls set off by divers sorts of gems. ❋ Unknown (2006)

She is the daughter of the Wazir Shams al-Din and she is a model of beauty and loveliness, of fairest favour and formous form, and dight with symmetry and perfect grace. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Father, thou hearest thy children's lamentation; say, shall I e'er, as warrior dight, avenge thy slaughter? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then the Islamite host advanced and offered fight with weapons ready dight, and King Zau al-Makan and ❋ Unknown (2006)

Where thou art not, though dight it be with joyance and delight ❋ Unknown (2006)

Hearing this, down came Sabbah and, accosting Kanmakan, said to him, Right well hast thou dight, O Knight of the age! ❋ Unknown (2006)

Then said she, “Swear to me by Him who sprite in body dight and dealt laws to rule man kind aright, that thou wilt not offer me aught of violence save by way of wrestling; else mayst thou die without the pale of Al-Islam.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

He raised it and saw behind it a young man sitting upon a couch about a cubit above the ground; and he fair to the sight, a well shaped wight, with eloquence dight; his forehead was flower white, his cheek rosy bright, and a mole on his cheek breadth like an ambergris mite; even as the poet cloth indite: — ❋ Unknown (2006)

[The music] on [the radio] plays [dightly]. All our life is like a dight ❋ Andrius M. Iamlonesome (2008)

[I ate] my dinner but I'm still hungry. I think I'll [go for some] [dight] ❋ Dr.Krogh (2008)

"That dude is so [DIGHT]!", He is [the example] of [ultimate] dightness. ❋ Twilly07 (2009)

My mom was dark and [my dad] was black, therefore [I came] out [dight]! ❋ PrincessR (2009)

Boy: are you coming after school? His [freind]: nah bro I have [detention] Boy: ahh thats [dight]😂😂 ❋ A1_ (2018)

[That man] dight skinned. ❋ MiYun (2018)