yce

English

Noun

yce (uncountable)

1. 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.]

Anagrams

• YEC

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Middle English

Noun

yce (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

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Old English

Alternative forms

• īċe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈyː.t͡ʃe/

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

1. toad; poisonous frog

Declension

Declension of yce (feminine)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ȳċe	ȳċan, ȳċean
accusative	ȳċan, ȳċean	ȳċan, ȳċean
genitive	ȳċan, ȳċean	ȳċena
dative	ȳċan, ȳċean	ȳċum, ȳċeum

Declension of yce (masculine)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ȳċe	ȳċas, ȳċeas
accusative	ȳċe	ȳċas, ȳċeas
genitive	ȳċes	ȳċa, ȳċea
dative	ȳċe	ȳċum, ȳċeum