Wik

Wik
[wic, wih (Old English)]
♦ A merchant settlement or town, probably originally unfortified and thus different from a burgus or civitas; apparently used in this sense (though also in others) in the North Sea trading area in the Dark Ages.
(Reynolds, Susan. An Introduction to the History of English Medieval Towns, 201)
Related terms: Vicus

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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