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▪ I. † wike Obs. Also 4 wyke. [OE. wíce wk. fem.:—OTeut. *wīkōn-, f. wī̆k-: waik- to soften, to bend, turn, change, represented also in ON. vík wick n.4, OE. wicu week n., OE. wác, ON. veikr woke, weak; cf. L. vicēs change, turn, office, duty, Gr. εἴκειν to yield, f. Indo-Eur. weiq-. (See also -wick suffix.)] An office, duty, function.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 592 Hu dear æniᵹ læwede man him to ᵹeteon þurh riccetere Cristes wican? c1175Lamb. Hom. 137 Oðer don scal wiken and cherres. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 91 Betfage..bitocneð holie chirche þat men noten ine here muðes wike þanne hie seien here sinnes. c1205Lay. 29752 Austin..haueð his cantel-cape on of Gregorie þan pape, and mid wurðscipe mucle haldeð his wike. a1225Juliana 24 He me walde warpen ut of mine wike ant demen me to deaðe. a1250Owl & Night. 605 Mine wike boþ wel gode. Ibid. 1179 Wat, quaþ ho, hartu ihoded?.. For prestes wike ich wat þu dest. c1275Prov. ælfred 316 in O.E. Misc. 121 Wlanc on werȝe, and unwurþ on wike [Jesus MS. wlonk bi þe glede, and vuel at þare neode]. 13..K. Alis 4592 (Laud MS.), Þerfore ne shulde no gentil kniȝth..beggers blood brynge in heiȝe wyke. c1315Shoreham i. 660 Ase þe ryȝte bodyes lemes Habbeþ dyuerse wyke, So habbeþ ryȝt membrys eke Of þe body ine mystyke. b. Comb. wike-tun, ? a place for divine service.
a1250Owl & Night. 730 Clerekes Munekes & canunes, Þar beoþ þos gode wike tunes, Ariseþ vp to middelnyhte. ▪ II. wike, wiked obs. ff. week, wick, wicked. |