yce
English
Noun
yce (uncountable)
- Obsolete spelling of ice.
- [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This plague to thy dowry: / Be thou as chaſte as yce, as pure as ſnowe, / Thou ſhalt not ſcape calumny, to a Nunnery goe.]
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Middle English
Noun
yce (uncountable)
- Alternative form of is (“ice”)
Old English
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Pronunciation
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ūkijǭ, a West Germanic variant of *ūkwijǭ, diminutive of *ūkwǭ. Cognate with Old High German ūcha (“toad”). Compare also Middle Low German ûtze (“frog, toad”), modern German Low German Üütse, Üüts (“toad”).
Noun
ȳċe f or m
Declension
Declension of yce (feminine)
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