fyke
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See also: Fyke
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.
Noun
fyke (plural fykes)
Translations
type of fish-trap
Verb
fyke (third-person singular simple present fykes, present participle fyking, simple past and past participle fyked)
- (transitive, intransitive) To fish using a fyke.
See also
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fīc, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fige.
Pronunciation
Noun
fyke (plural fykes)
Descendants
- English: fike
References
- “fīk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.
Verb
fyke (present tense fyk, past tense fauk, supine foke, past participle foken, present participle fykande, imperative fyk)
- Alternative form of fyka
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