saught:

From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht ?(“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz ?(“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?g- ?(“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Icelandic sátt ?(“reconciliation, settlement”).