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
Declension
Declension of ȳċe (feminine)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ȳċe ȳċan, ȳċean
accusative ȳċan, ȳċean ȳċan, ȳċean
genitive ȳċan, ȳċean ȳċena
dative ȳċan, ȳċean ȳċum, ȳċeum
Declension of ȳċe (masculine)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ȳċe ȳċas, ȳċeas
accusative ȳċe ȳċas, ȳċeas
genitive ȳċes ȳċa, ȳċea
dative ȳċe ȳċum, ȳċeum
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

yce f

  1. Alternative form of hice (a type of bird)
Declension
Declension of yce (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative yce ycan
accusative ycan ycan
genitive ycan ycena
dative ycan ycum
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