wike

See also: Wike

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

wike (plural wikes)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) 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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wike in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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-Germanic *wikǭ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvikə/

Noun

wike c (plural wiken, diminutive wykje)

  1. week

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