Noun: wic
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | wīc; wīċ |
| Plural | wīc; wīċ; wīca; wīce |
Genitive
| Singular | wīc; wīċ; wīce |
| Plural | wīca |
Dative
| Singular | wīc; wīċ; wīce |
| Plural | wīcum |
Accusative
| Singular | wīc; wīċ; wīce |
| Plural | wīc; wīċ; wīca; wīce |
Sample Sentences
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Eald is þēs eorðsele, eal iċ eom oflongad, sindon dena dimme, dūna uphēa, bitre burgtūnas, brērum beweaxne, wīc wynna lēas. (This earthen-house is old, I am fully forlonged, there are dim dales, tall mountains, bitter cities, overgrown by briars, villages bereft of glees.) [10th century, The Wife's Lament:]
Nouns inflected like wic
wic,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wīk, a merger of Latin vīcus and Proto-West Germanic *wīhs; both from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”). Compare Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (“settlement, village”). See: Latin Nouns '
vīcus'.
Verbs referencing "wic"
English Nouns
wych.
Translations