thilk

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ðɪlk/
• Rhymes: -ɪlk

Determiner

thilk

1. (now archaic, regional) That same; this; that. [from 13th c.]
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Ianuarie. Aegloga Prima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:

     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.

Alternative forms

• thylke
• thick, thuck