whilk
Britishpronoun
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They are anxious to receive yer opinion on a point o’ law, in whilk they are personally concerned, a favour, I doutna, yer honour will condescend to grant.”
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander
Howsomever, maybe ye will have gotten grace, or if not that, at least a pickle common-sense, whilk often does as well—or better.
From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Why a Scots' prince hasna aboot him Scots' men and places got, A' things Scots, but the wages, whilk should be Punds sterlin', and no punds Scot.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
“And didna ye get the locks, the locks, The locks o’ my ain black hair, Whilk I sent by post, whilk I sent by box, Whilk I sent by the carrier?”
From Rhyme? And Reason? by Carroll, Lewis
Hence we have Mœso-Gothic hv�leiks; Old High German, hu�lih; Anglo-Saxon, huilic and hvilc; Old Frisian, hwelik; Danish, hvilk-en; German, welch; Scotch, whilk; English, which.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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