Middle English Dictionary Entry

ī̆lke pron.
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Entry Info

Forms ī̆lke pron. Also ilk, ilkai, ilc(e, ilche, ik, ich(e, ulke, hulke & elke, eche & (early) ilca, ilcæ, (early gen.sg.) ilces, ilca(n, (early dat. sg.) ilken, ilka, ilca(n, ilcæ(n, (early pl.) ilken, ilkæ, ilcen, ilca, ilcæ.
Etymology OE īlca, ȳlca; sg. obl. & pl. īlcan. The forms ē̆lke, ē̆che are perhaps due to analogy with ēch pron. Some of the forms quoted under ēch probably belong here.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
As adj.: designating a person, thing, time, place, etc., previously mentioned or about to be specified: same, very, aforementioned, given, specified: (a) with the, that, tho; (b) with this, these; (c) that (this) ~ same (self), that (this) very same; (d) without def. art. or demonstrative adj.
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2.
As pron., always with def. article or demonstrative adj.: (a) (the, this, that) same person; (the, those) same persons; the (that) ~ self (same), the (that) very same person; the ~ that..the ~.., he who..he..; (b) (the, this, that) same time; after that ~, after that very time; with that ~, at that very moment; (c) (the, that) same substance, object, etc.; of that ~, of the same material, color, etc.; (d) (the) same sin or sins; (that) same condition, action, etc.; (that) same name or song; (e) (the, this) same purpose, intention, or matter; (this) very thing; (that) very fact; (f) stonden a than (this) ~, to remain the same, stay unchanged.
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