soul vs wight

soul

noun
  • The spirit or essence of anything. 

  • The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death. 

  • A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry. 

  • Soul music. 

  • A person, especially as one among many. 

  • An individual life. 

  • Life, energy, vigor. 

verb
  • To beg on All Soul's Day. 

wight

noun
  • A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity. 

  • A wraith-like creature. 

  • A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor. 

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