English Explanatory Dictionary

saught

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Reconciliation; peace; ease.
verb
  1. To reconcile; become reconciled.
adj
  1. Reconciled; agreed; at one.

Word forms

saught saucht saughts saughting saughted more saught most saught

Etymology

From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”).

Related words

settle
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