"whilk" meaning in Scots

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Determiner

Etymology: From Middle English whilk, northern variant of which, from Old English hwilc, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|whilk}} Middle English whilk, {{inh|sco|ang|hwilc}} Old English hwilc, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*hwilīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz Head templates: {{head|sco|determiner|head=}} whilk, {{sco-det}} whilk
  1. which
    Sense id: en-whilk-sco-det-d7wGxV0p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whulk, quhilk, whilke [obsolete]
Categories (other): Scots determiners, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots determiners: 0 0 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 0 0

Pronoun

Etymology: From Middle English whilk, northern variant of which, from Old English hwilc, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|whilk}} Middle English whilk, {{inh|sco|ang|hwilc}} Old English hwilc, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*hwilīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz Head templates: {{head|sco|pronoun|}} whilk, {{sco-pron}} whilk
  1. which
    Sense id: en-whilk-sco-pron-d7wGxV0p Categories (other): Scots pronouns Disambiguation of Scots pronouns: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whulk, quhilk, whilke [obsolete]
Categories (other): Scots determiners, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots determiners: 0 0 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 0 0

Alternative forms

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