ic

• (roman numeral): IC, XCIX, xcix

ic

1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing ninety-nine (99).

• Previous: iic (ninety-eight, 98)
• Next: c (one hundred, 100)

ic

1. (Classical K'iche') chile

• icke (poetic)

From Old Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. The accusative and dative are Old Dutch mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz, originally only the dative form.

• IPA^(key): /ɪk/

ic

1. I

• Dutch: ik
  • Afrikaans: ek
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: eke
  • Jersey Dutch: äk
  • Petjo: ik
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ek

• chapter IC, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) chapter IC, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

ic

1. Alternative form of I (“I”)

• ih, ich — Northumbrian
• iċċ
• ᛁᚳ (ic) — Ruthwell Cross

From Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, unstressed form of *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /it͡ʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ik/

iċ

1. I

   Iċ lufiġe þē.

   I love you.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:20

     Iċ hit eom. Ne ondrǣdaþ ēow.

     It's me [literally I am it]. Don't be scared.

   • The Life of Saint Margaret

     Iċ nylle nān word mā of þīnum mūðe ġehīeran.

     I don't want to hear one more word out of your mouth.

• In modern English, object pronouns are often used as subjects in a wide variety of circumstances ("Me and her are friends", "you're as big as me"). In Old English, only subject pronouns were used as subjects (except with a small class of verbs such as līcian, mǣtan, and twēoġan, which took dative or accusative subjects with nouns and pronouns alike). Thus "me and her are friends" was Iċ and hēo sind ġefrīend, literally "I and she are friends."

• Southern Middle English: ich
  • English: ich (obsolete since 19th century)
  • Yola: ich (revived)
• Northern Middle English: ik
  • Scots: ik (rare)
• Later Middle English: I
  • English: I
  • Scots: A, I

From Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Frisian ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).

ic

1. Alternative spelling of ik

• Low German: ik

Borrowed from Hungarian ék.

ic n (plural icuri)

1. wedge