adj.
WA waik, waike
'weak' (Modern English weak)
PGmc Ancestor
*weik(w)a-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
veikr (veykr) ‘weak’
(ONP veikr (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far veikur, Icel veikur, Norw veik, Dan veg, Sw vek
OE Cognate
wāc 'weak'
Phonological and morphological markers
ON /ei/ < PGmc */ai/
Summary category
A1*
Recorded earlier than Havelok only in surname material (which includes documents from Sus. and War., MED sense 8), but widespread from the 14c. onwards.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 282; WA 1271, 2077, 3587 etc.