Saught

Alternative forms

• saucht Scotland

Origin

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 *sāg- ("to seek, trace"). Cognate with Icelandic sátt ("reconciliation, settlement").

Full definition of saught

Noun

1. (UK dialectal) Reconciliation; peace.

Verb

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

Adjective

1. (UK dialectal) Reconciled; agreed; at one.