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 wehha, Old Norse vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.t͡ʃe/

Noun

wiċe f

  1. week
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCCXL Hēr Æþelstān cyning forþferde on Glēaweċestre...⁊ Æþelstān cyning ricsode 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:

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: weke
    • English: week
    • Scots: wouk
    • Yola: wick, wik
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