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