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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1513
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Ich(e, Ych, adj. [e.m.E. and midl. ME. ych(e, ich(e (14th c.). used in place of Sc. ilk. Cf. Eche.] Each. — c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1197 (C).
And the laboure of iche [D. ilk] man 1513 Doug. vi. ii. 91.
That ych [B. iche] of thame, … Sa oft gais and returnys 1513 Ib. x. ii. 125.
Lat ich of thame his … fortoun sew
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