yce

Noun

yce (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of ice.
   • [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This plague to thy dowry: / Be thou as chaſte as yce, as pure as ſnowe, / Thou ſhalt not ſcape calumny, to a Nunnery goe.]

Anagrams

• YEC

Noun

yce (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *ūkijā, diminutive of *ūkā.

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Etymology 2