wikke
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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wicke, from Old Dutch *wikka, from Proto-West Germanic *wikkjā, from Latin vicia.
Pronunciation
Noun
wikke f (plural wikken)
Derived terms
Further reading
wikke on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from an adjectival use of Old English wicca.
Pronunciation
Adjective
wikke (comparative wicker)
- evil, morally wrong, wicked
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3483-3486:
- ‘Iesu Crist, and seynt Benedight,
Blesse this hous from every wikked wight,
For nightes verye, the white pater-noster!
Where wentestow, seynt Petres soster?’- ‘Jesus Christ and Saint Benedict,
Bless this house from every wicked creature,
For evil spirits of the nights, the white pater-noster!
Where went thou, Saint Peter's sister?’
- ‘Jesus Christ and Saint Benedict,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3483-3486:
- sinful, depraved
- malicious, destructive
- harmful, damaging
- rowdy, fierce, fear-inducing
- harmful, injurious
- challenging, difficult
- bad, of poor quality
- deprived, miserly
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 118-119:
- ‘Alle the dayes of povre men ben wikke;’
Be war therfor, er thou come in that prikke!- ‘All the days of poor men are painful;’
Beware, therefore, before thou come to that point!
- ‘All the days of poor men are painful;’
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 118-119:
Descendants
References
- “wik(ke, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
Noun
wikke
References
- “wik(ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
Adverb
wikke
References
- “wik(ke, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.