stight

From Middle English stighten, stiȝten, from Old English stihtan, stihtian (“to dispose, arrange, regulate, direct, rule; instigate, incite”), from Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan, *stihtōn, from Proto-Germanic *stihtiz (“a step, track, overpass”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”). Related to German stiften and Dutch stichten.

stight (third-person singular simple present stights, present participle stighting, simple past and past participle stighted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to found; establish; set

• stightle

• stickle

• tights