Middle English Dictionary Entry
wikkī adj.
Entry Info
Forms | wikkī adj. Also (early) wicci. |
Etymology | Prob. from OE wicca. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. wik(ke adj.
1.
Of counsel: leading to deleterious results, harmful.
Associated quotations
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Þe king him sithen nam in Hamtun þurhc wicci ræd & dide him in prisun, & efsones he let him ut þurhc wærse red.