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Old English · noun

wic

Normalised wīc

Part of speech
noun, feminine / neuter
Declension
Irregular
IPA
/wiːk/
/wiːt͡ʃ/
Syllables
wiːk (1 syllable)
Modern English
bightvillage-wich-wickbayencampmentlodgingcamp

wic1 · noun · feminine/neuter

Senses

  1. village

    Eald is þēs eorðsele, eal iċ eom oflongad, sindon dena dimme, dūna uphēa, bitre burgtūnas, brērum beweaxne, wīc wynna lēas.

    This earthen-house is old, I am fully forlonged, there are dim dales, tall mountains, bitter cities, overgrown by briars, villages bereft of glees.

    10th century, The Wife's Lament:

  2. temporary abode: camp, encampment, lodging

Declension · Irregular

Declension of wic
SingularPlural
Nominative wīcwīċwīcwīċ
Accusative wīcwīċwīcwīċ
Genitive wīcwīċwīca
Dative wīcwīċwīcum

wic2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. bight, small bay

  2. creek, inlet

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of wic
SingularPlural
Nominative wīcwīcawīce
Accusative wīcewīcawīce
Genitive wīcewīca
Dative wīcewīcum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīk, a merger of Latin vīcus and Proto-West Germanic *wīhs; both from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”). Compare Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (“settlement, village”).

From Proto-West Germanic *wīku, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, curve”).

Descendants

-wich, -wick

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