Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēch ōn pronominal phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | ēch ōn pronominal phr. Also ech-on, elc an; ech en (Kent); ilk an, ilk on, ilch on, ich on (N and nEM); uch on, euch an, euch on (mostly W); ælc an (early). |
| Etymology | OE ǣghwilc ān, ǣlc ān and ān gehwilc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ech a(n under ech.
1.
Each one; every single one, everyone;--(a) ref. to a preceding noun or pronoun; also without such an antecedent; (b) in apposition to a preceding noun or pron.; (c) with of phrase; (d) ech on..other, each the other, each other.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3461 : Þeȝȝ forenn forþ Illc an wiþþ þrinne lakess.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)24154 : Elc ane [Otho: ech one] he ȝif æhte.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)28/270 : Euchanes meoster were long to tellen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)57 : Comen alle to his bode, ant euchan bi his euene.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1041 : He bad hem so ich chon.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)11 : To echen þet heþ scele.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)122 : Þe holy gost..to-delþ þise graces to echen to his wylle.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.820 : We dronken, and to reste wente echon.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)290 : Foure douhtren..to vchone sunderlyng He ȝaf a dole.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25 : Sanges..to rede and here Ilkon [Frf: ilkan] is prest.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)624 : All war broght to serue adam, And þat he suld gif ilkan nam.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)61.11 : Þou yhelde salle Til ilkan after his werkes alle.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)595 : Þou quytez vchon as hys desserte.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)863 : He myrþez vus alle at vch a mes; Vchonez blysse is breme & beste.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.235 : Vnder þis obedience arn we echone.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1113 : Þay laȝed vchone.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1820 : Out of þis land ilkane be flemede.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.1.12 : Echon [WB(2): ech] hauynge seed after his special kynde.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)18/22 : Alle resonable creatures, aungel & man, haþ in hem, ilch one by hem-self, o principal worching miȝt.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)473 : Take ginger, canel..of ichone a quartrone.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)355 : My wyndowes weren shette echon.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2892 : Ich on fraynet at his fere.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)127 : I cummaunde ȝo..Ichone make ȝour avowe.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)299/123 : Take flour of barly and esyle..And plawe well to gedere ilcon.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)38 : Such trowes þey have echone.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)65 : Þay sowed þam in schepe-skynnes..Ilkon toke a blak hat.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)1800 : They were right glad and thankyd hym icheon.
b
- [ 1508(a1500) Golagros348 : He wald ourcum yow ilkane. ]
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/29 : Ȝif ȝe ne forȝifæð eowrum ȝebroðren ælc an of his heortæn.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)83 : His disciples echon fflowe.
- ?c1335 Sith Gabriell gan (Hrl 913)p.162 : Þos kniȝtis euchone Of him mai mak mone.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8499 : Þe bodies hii gaderede & vorbarnde hom echon.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9530 : Doghtres four..To quam ilkan [Ld: to whiche echon; Trin-C: vchone] he gaf sum-thing.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.2 : Hastisly ilkone þe kynges com fulle suythe.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)173 : I lovue þat we lay lotes on ledes vchone.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)198 : Wyth þy lastes so luþer to lose vus vchone?
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)4.22 : Mildeliche mede þo..gaf hem echone Coupes of clene gold.
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)464 : We you commaunde, our Ministres echoon.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.80 : Þei sonken in-to helle, þo citees vchone.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)931 : Men & wymen & children ylkone.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5406 : And welcomth þat worthy the weghes ychon.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)509 : Off illc an off alle þa Comm an god flocc of prestess.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)28/21 : Wið euch-an of þeose word.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1228 : Vchone of vs þat wole.
- (1433) RParl.4.476b : Uchon of hem.
- (1433) Will York in Sur.Soc.3089 : Ilkon of yame.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)277/2 : Ecchone of the bretherne halpe other.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)345 : Ychone of hem.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13145 : Þa ælcan to oðer [Otho: ech to oþer] mænden of heore broðer.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)68a : Euchan halt him bi oþer.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1854 : Echon with other pleide and lowh.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)833 : Þe strang þe weker for to sla, Ilkan [Trin-C: Vchone] to mak of oþer prai.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)23 : Ilkane with oþer made grete gamin.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)29/10 : Alle þe ylke cifers..a-rowe, ychon aftur other.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)48/61 : Vcheon of oder ȝe haue pyte.