beggar vs wight

beggar

noun
  • A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel. 

  • A person suffering from extreme poverty. 

  • A minced oath for bugger. 

  • A person who begs. 

verb
  • To exhaust the resources of; to outdo. 

  • To make a beggar of someone; impoverish. 

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. 

How often have the words beggar and wight occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )