wice

See also: wice-

Old English

Alternative forms

• wicu, wucu, wuce, wieċe, weoce

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.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -i.t͡ʃe

Noun

wiċe 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:

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

Derived terms

• wicdæġ

Descendants

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