Thilk

//ðɪlk// det

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Definitions

Determiner
  1. 1
    That same; this; that. archaic, regional

    "I loue thilke laſſe, (alas why do I loue:) / And am forlorne, (alas why am I lorne:) / Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue, / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne."

Example

More examples

"I loue thilke laſſe, (alas why do I loue:) / And am forlorne, (alas why am I lorne:) / Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue, / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne."

Etymology

From Middle English thilke, equivalent to a blend of the + ilk.

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