(a) To drag (sb.); pull up (a sail); also, pluck (a harp); ~ oute, pull out (a knife); ~ to deth, fig. bring (sb.) to death, cause to die; ~ up, hoist (a sail); haul (sb.) up with a rope, hang; (b) to stretch out and fasten (a body, entrails, etc.); ppl. tight, spread out; stretched out.

(a) To appropriate (sth.) for oneself, assume; take on (godparents); (b) ppl. tight as noun: ?those held in captivity.

(a) To entice or incite (sb. to sin, ruin, etc.); incite (sb. that he should do sth.); urge (sb. to do sth.), persuade; also, attract (sb. to oneself); (b) to instruct (sb.), train; discipline (sb.), guide, direct; also, instruct (that sth. should be the case) [quot. c1225, 3rd].

(a) To go, come, move; move (toward sb. or sth.); advance (into a country); come (near the ground), descend [quot. ?a1300]; also, depart (from a place); ~ tosamen, clash on a battlefield; (b) refl. to make one's way, move, go; (c) fig. to draw close spiritually (to a god), give allegiance; (d) ben tight, to go; come (near to sb.); fig. approach (a set time); (e) impers. hit tight (to) the time, the time approached.