whilk
Britishpronoun
Example Sentences
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In to whilk tyme In to the court thai heire None awenture, for wich the knyghtis weire Anoit all at the abiding thare.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
"The doolfu' compensation, o' whilk men say he had his share."
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
These things—though, by our memories, whilk are but as the quicksand to the finger-marks of the drowning sailor, they may ance be forgotten—are recorded, doubtless, whar' they shall remain, ay, as the graving on adamant.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
He was inquyrit to come to him, whilk he refusit, and sweiris that he will indure nothing of him.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
My auld Maister had a wee bit Latin about rerum dominos gentemque togatam, whilk signified, he said, that all lairds should be lawyers.”
From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir
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