þicce

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθik.ke/

Adjective

þicce

  1. thick
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      ...⁊ sē weall wæs XX fōta þicce, ⁊ XL elna hēah...
      ...and the wall was twenty feet thick, and forty cubits tall...

Declension

Declension of þicce — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative þicce þiccu, þicco þicce
Accusative þicne þicce þicce
Genitive þicces þicre þicces
Dative þiccum þicre þiccum
Instrumental þicce þicre þicce
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative þicce þicca, þicce þiccu, þicco
Accusative þicce þicca, þicce þiccu, þicco
Genitive þicra þicra þicra
Dative þiccum þiccum þiccum
Instrumental þiccum þiccum þiccum
Declension of þicce — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative þicca þicce þicce
Accusative þiccan þiccan þicce
Genitive þiccan þiccan þiccan
Dative þiccan þiccan þiccan
Instrumental þiccan þiccan þiccan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative þiccan þiccan þiccan
Accusative þiccan þiccan þiccan
Genitive þicra, þiccena þicra, þiccena þicra, þiccena
Dative þiccum þiccum þiccum
Instrumental þiccum þiccum þiccum

Descendants

  • Middle English: thikke, thicke, thik, thyke, thykke, þikke
    • English: thick
    • Scots: thik, thicke, thick
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