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wice

Pronunciation: /ˈwi.ke/

“wice” is an Old English word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. week
  2. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  3. for ānre wican
  4. a week ago
  5. simle ymb þrēo wican
  6. every three weeks
  7. wican æfter wican
  8. week after week

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).

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