dought
verbEtymology From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).
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Alternative, Dialectal, Past alternative past of dow
dought
noun/daʊt/
Etymology A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow.
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Northern England, Scotland, Usually Power, strength, ability.
Obsolete except in derivatives