Old English Dictionary Entry

Wícan

Related words: ge- , on-wícan. wican

Definitions

1 definitions

1 wícan

p. wác, pl. wicon; pp. wicen To yield, give way :-- Wicon weallfæsten, wǽgas burston, multon meretorras, Cod. Th. 208, 14; Exod. 483, [O. Sax. wíkan- : O. Frs. wíka : O. H. Ger. wíchan cedere : Icel. víkja.]

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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