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},
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"text": "Scots: whilk, whulk; quhilk, whilke"
},
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"text": "Yola: wich, which, whilke"
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwilīkaz"
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"pos": "pron",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"ref": "1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41",
"text": "And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”",
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"word": "hwic"
},
{
"word": "hwilc"
},
{
"word": "hwilch"
},
{
"word": "whiche"
},
{
"word": "whilk"
},
{
"word": "whyche"
},
{
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}
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"text": "Scots: whilk, whulk; quhilk, whilke"
},
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"Middle English pronouns",
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"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"word": "hwilc"
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{
"word": "whiche"
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{
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{
"word": "whyche"
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{
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