To call, name.
King Arthur's court was hight Camelot.
To be called or named.
I hight Sir Galahad.
To command; to enjoin.
Malaise priest of Innishmurry / Hights me go, and I obey.
Called, named.
[…]there dwelt in a city of the cities of China a man which was a tailor, withal a pauper, and he had one son, Alaeddin hight.
Obsolete form of height.
High thron'd above all hights
A surname.
From Middle English highten, variant of hoten (“to name, to be named”), from Old English hātan. The stem of the word was remodelled by analogy with the simple past form hight, from Old English hēht. C...
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