Obs. Forms: 1 fíc, 3, 5 fike(s, 5 fyke. [OE. fíc, ad. L. fīc-us.] a. A fig.; also attrib., as fike-tree. b. A fig-tree.

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c. 975.  Rushw. Gosp., Matt. xxi. 19. And forwisnade sonæ se fic. Ibid., John i. 48. Miððy ðu were under ðæm fictree ic ȝisæh.

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a. 1300.  Cursor Mundi, 803 (Gött.).

        Þai clad þaim, i tell it þe,
wid leuis of a fike tre.

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14[?].  Nom., in Wr.-Wülcker, 713. Hec ficus, a fyke or a fikes.

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