Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hight \Hight\, n.
   A variant of {Height}.

Hight \Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Hight}, {Hot}, p. p. {Hight},
   {Hote} (?), {Hoten} (?). See {Hote}.] [OE. heiten, highten,
   haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
   called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
   promise; also h[=a]tte is called, was called; akin to G.
   heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the
   passive, to be called.]
   1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]

   Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a
         present, meaning is called or named, also as a
         preterite, was called or named. This form has also been
         used as a past participle. See {Hote}.

               The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante.
                                                  --Chaucer.

               Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
                                                  --Surrey.

               Entered then into the church the Reverend
               Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the
               parish.                            --Longfellow.

               Childe Harold was he hight.        --Byron.

   2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]

            But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon
            the child, but somewhat short did fall. --Spenser.

   3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]

            Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser.

   4. To promise. [Obs.]

            He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer.

Hight \Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Hight}, {Hot}, p. p. {Hight},
   {Hote} (?), {Hoten} (?). See {Hote}.] [OE. heiten, highten,
   haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
   called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
   promise; also h[=a]tte is called, was called; akin to G.
   heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the
   passive, to be called.]
   1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]

   Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a
         present, meaning is called or named, also as a
         preterite, was called or named. This form has also been
         used as a past participle. See {Hote}.

               The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante.
                                                  --Chaucer.

               Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
                                                  --Surrey.

               Entered then into the church the Reverend
               Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the
               parish.                            --Longfellow.

               Childe Harold was he hight.        --Byron.

   2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]

            But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon
            the child, but somewhat short did fall. --Spenser.

   3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]

            Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser.

   4. To promise. [Obs.]

            He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer.

Hight \Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Hight}, {Hot}, p. p. {Hight},
   {Hote} (?), {Hoten} (?). See {Hote}.] [OE. heiten, highten,
   haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
   called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
   promise; also h[=a]tte is called, was called; akin to G.
   heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the
   passive, to be called.]
   1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]

   Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a
         present, meaning is called or named, also as a
         preterite, was called or named. This form has also been
         used as a past participle. See {Hote}.

               The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante.
                                                  --Chaucer.

               Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
                                                  --Surrey.

               Entered then into the church the Reverend
               Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the
               parish.                            --Longfellow.

               Childe Harold was he hight.        --Byron.

   2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]

            But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon
            the child, but somewhat short did fall. --Spenser.

   3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]

            Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser.

   4. To promise. [Obs.]

            He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer.