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Author: Curt
Date: 2005-08-28 17:57:17
Subject: Re: For Peter: A follow-up
I found what I was looking for.
Please disregard the info request.
Curt
> Hello Peter,
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> I am looking for a Proto-Germanic, Gothic, Old English, Middle English, Old Norse, etc. word pronounced "wicker," "vicker, or "wyker," and meaning "knowing, enlightened, aware, awakened, etc." The pronunciation could be regional, but it must have a hard "k" sound.
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> Are you aware of any such word?
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> A number of people in North England have told me of words ending in "a" and "e" pronounced "er," but nobody has come up with one that fits this definition. I have wike, but it's a singular noun, and Middle English wice as "wise" (but nobody can tell me how it should be pronounced), and vikr (another singular noun, which doesn't seem to come close).
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> A plural noun meaning "guides, leaders, etc." with this "er" pronunciation might work.
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> Thank you for any suggestions.
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> Curt