eldertongue

Old English · noun

wice

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈwi.ke/
Syllables
ˈwi · ke (2 syllables)
Modern English
weekfternresimleweekswicanymbago

Meaning

  1. week

  2. 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.

  3. for ānre wican

  4. for ānre wican a week ago; a week ago

  5. simle ymb þrēo wican

  6. simle ymb þrēo wican every three weeks; every three weeks

  7. wican æfter wican

  8. wican æfter wican week after week; week after week

Declension

Declension of wice
SingularPlural
Nominative wicewican
Accusative wicanwican
Genitive wicanwicena
Dative wicanwicum

All forms (4)

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 (wikō).

Descendants

week

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