yce

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English

Noun

yce (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ice.
    • (First Quarto), London: [Valentine Simmes] for N L and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
      If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This plague to thy dowry: / Be thou as chaſte as yce, as pure as ſnowe, / Thou ſhalt not ſcape calumny, to a Nunnery goe.]

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Middle English

Noun

yce (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of is (ice)

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *ūkijā, diminutive of *ūkā.

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Pronunciation

Noun

ȳċe f or m

  1. toad; poisonous frog
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

yce f

  1. Alternative form of hice (a type of bird)
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