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saught

Rhymes with -ɔːt

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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”).

noun saucht

  1. UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable Reconciliation; peace; ease.

verb saughts · saughting · saughted · saucht

  1. UK, ambitransitive, dialectal To reconcile; become reconciled.

adjective more saught · most saught · saucht

  1. UK, dialectal Reconciled; agreed; at one.

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@misc{saught_2026,
  title = {saught},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saught},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}