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English
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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
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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
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