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thilk en · DET

Pronunciation

• /ðɪlk/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English thilke, equivalent to a blend of the + ilk.

Meanings

1. (archaic, regional) That same; this; that.
   • I loue thilke laſſe, (alas why do I loue:) / And am forlorne, (alas why am I lorne:) / Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue, / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne. 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Ianuarie. Aegloga Prima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:

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