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ilca

  • adjective
  • pronoun
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ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].
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  • Hé sylf oððe se ylca

    ipse;

    heó sylf oððe seó ylce

    ipsa;

    hí sylfe oððe ða ylcan

    ipsi,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 15
      • ;
    • Som. 18, 53-4
      • .

  • Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr wǽre

    tu idem ipse es,

    • Ps. Th. 101, 24
      • .

  • Se ilca hét ácwellan ða rícostan witan

    the same man [Nero] ordered the greatest senators to be killed,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 47
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 24
      • .

  • Hæfþ se ilca god eorþan and wætere mearce gesette

    the same God hath appointed a limit to earth and water,

    • 11, 127
      • ;
    • Met. 11, 64
      • .

  • Ðis is se ilca ealwalda god ðone on fyrndagum fæderas cúðon,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1501
      • ;
    • An. 752.

  • Seó ylce bóc

    idem libellus,

    • Bd. 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 578, 16
      • .

  • Hé weorþan sceolde eft ðæt ilce ðæt hé ǽrðon wæs

    it should become again the same, that it was before,

    • Exon. 61 a
      • ;
    • Th. 224, 21
      • ;
    • Ph. 379.

  • Hié cwǽdon ðæt tæt ilce hiera geférum geboden wǽre

    they said that the same offer had been made to their comrades,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 50, 22
      • .

  • On ðisse ylcan tíde

    hac ipsa hora,

    • Ex. 9, 18
      • .

  • On ðære ylcan tíde eadem hora; Wick.

    in the same hour,

    • Lk. Skt. 24, 33.

  • Hí smeágaþ unriht and on ðam ilcan forweorþaþ

    scrutati sunt iniquitatem; defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio,

    • Ps. Th. 63, 5.

  • Gelíce ðisse ilcan ðe wé ymb sprecaþ

    like the very one we are talking about,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 5
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 3.

  • Ðisne ilcan þreát

    this same band,

    • Exon. 16 a
      • ;
    • Th. 36, 2
      • ;
    • Cri. 570
      • .

  • Ðyssum ylcum tídum

    his temporibus,

    • Bd. 5, 7
      • ;
    • S. 621, 14
      • .

  • Swá ðám ilcum byþ ðe nellaþ ðínre ǽ bebod healdan

    so shall it be with those, who will not keep thy law,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 36.
  • [Ilk is used as late as the time of Chaucer, and remains yet in the phrase 'of that ilk'; but its place was gradually occupied by same (the Icelandic sami))]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ilca.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20463.

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