ˈwhich-so, pron. arch.
[= which and so adv. 17 d.]
† a. Whoever, whatever. b. Whichever.
| c 1230 Hali Meid. 26 Hwuch-se wule beon of þe lut of his leoueste freond. Ibid. 45 Beo he cangun oðer crupel, beo he hwuch-se he eauer beo. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 771 He is kniȝtes echone, Vor coust binome him, bote an vif men one, Wuche so hii were to serui him. a 1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 31 Wuche so a uinden þer of gulti, a sullen punissen hoem. 1890 W. Morris in Engl. Illustr. Mag. June 695 Let the Hoary One..carry me to life or death, which-so he will. |