▪ I. † wike Obs.
Also 4 wyke.
[OE. w{iacu}ce wk. fem.:—OTeut. *wīkōn-, f. wī̆k-: waik- to soften, to bend, turn, change, represented also in ON. v{iacu}k 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.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 592 Hu dear æniᵹ læwede man him to ᵹeteon þurh riccetere Cristes wican? c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 137 Oðer don scal wiken and cherres. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 91 Betfage..bitocneð holie chirche þat men noten ine here muðes wike þanne hie seien here sinnes. c 1205 Lay. 29752 Austin..haueð his cantel-cape on of Gregorie þan pape, and mid wurðscipe mucle haldeð his wike. a 1225 Juliana 24 He me walde warpen ut of mine wike ant demen me to deaðe. a 1250 Owl & Night. 605 Mine wike boþ wel gode. Ibid. 1179 Wat, quaþ ho, hartu ihoded?.. For prestes wike ich wat þu dest. c 1275 Prov. 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. c 1315 Shoreham 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.
| a 1250 Owl & Night. 730 Clerekes Munekes & canunes, Þar beoþ þos gode wike tunes, Ariseþ vp to middelnyhte. |
▪ II. wike, wiked
obs. ff. week, wick, wicked.