wice

wice

See also: wice-

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ. Cognate with Old Frisian wike, Old Saxon wika, Old High German wëhha, Old Norse vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈwi.ke/
    • Rhymes: -i.t͡ʃe

    Noun

    wice f

    1. week
      • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
        An. DCCCCXL Hēr Æþelstān cyning forþfērde on Glēaweċestre...⁊ Æþelstān cyning rīcsode XIIII ġēar ⁊ tēon wucan.
        Year 940 In this year King Athelstan died in Gloucester...he reigned for 14 years and ten weeks.
      for ānre wican
      a week ago
      simle ymb þrēo wican
      every three weeks
      wican æfter wican
      week after week

    Declension

    Weak n-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative wice wican
    accusative wican wican
    genitive wican wicena
    dative wican wicum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle English: wyke
      • English: week
        • → Māori: wiki
        • → Middle Scots: weik
        • → Mokilese: wihk
        • → Swahili: wiki
      • Middle Scots: wouk, ouk
        • Scots: ouk (obsolete)
      • Yola: wick, wik
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