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.
c. 975. Rushw. Gosp., Matt. xxi. 19. And forwisnade sonæ se fic. Ibid., John i. 48. Miððy ðu were under ðæm fictree ic ȝisæh.
a. 1300. Cursor Mundi, 803 (Gött.).
Þai clad þaim, i tell it þe, | |
wid leuis of a fike tre. |
14[?]. Nom., in Wr.-Wülcker, 713. Hec ficus, a fyke or a fikes.