I. ˈhīt, Scot ˈhiḵt verb past
Etymology: Middle English highten, from hehte, heet, highte (past of hoten ), from Old English heht, past of hātan to command, promise, call, be called; akin to Old High German heizzan to command, promise, call, Old Norse heita, Gothic kaitan, and probably to Latin ciēre to put in motion, move, Greek kiein to go away, travel, kinein to set in motion, Sanskrit cyavate he moves, goes away; basic meaning: to set in motion
1. archaic : called , named
Childe Harold was he hight — Lord Byron
2. chiefly Scotland
a. : pledged as security
b. : promised
II.
variant of height