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English

Etymology

From Old English wic. See wick (“village”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

wike (plural wikes)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A home; a dwelling.
2. A temporary mark or boundary, such as a tree bough set up in marking out or dividing anything, such as tithes, swaths to be mowed in shared ground, etc.

Anagrams

• Weik

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wicce.

Adjective

wike

1. Alternative form of wikke

Etymology 2

From Old English wicu.

Noun

wike

1. Alternative form of weke (“week”)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wike, from Proto-West Germanic *wik?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vik?/

Noun

wike c (plural wiken, diminutive wykje)

1. week

Further reading

• “wike (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Dutch

Alternative forms

• wieke, wik

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wicke, from Latin vicia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.k?/
• Hyphenation: wik?ke
• Rhymes: -?k?

Noun

wikke f (plural wikken)

1. vetch, leguminous plant of the genus Vicia

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wicke, wike, wick, wik, wyk, wykke, wycke, wyke

Etymology

From an adjectival use of Old English wicca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wik(?)/

Adjective

wikke (comparative wicker)

1. evil, morally wrong, wicked
2. sinful, depraved
3. malicious, destructive
4. harmful, damaging
5. rowdy, fierce, fear-inducing
6. harmful, injurious
7. challenging, difficult
8. bad, of poor quality
9. deprived, miserly

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Descendants

• English: wicke (obsolete)
• Scots: wick

References

• “wik(ke, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Noun

wikke

1. evil, badness
2. challenge, hardness

References

• “wik(ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Adverb

wikke

1. wickedly, evilly
2. mightily

References

• “wik(ke, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.