ilka, a. Now Sc.
(ˈɪlkə)
Also (before vowels) ylkan, ilkan(e.
[Orig. two words ilk a (an), i.e. ilk a.2 + A (the indefinite article); but from 15th c. usually written as one: cf. each a in each 1 b.]
Each, every.
| c 1200 Ormin 5726 Illc an unnclene lusst. a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxviii[i]. 13 In ilka land. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 26 Þorȝh þe gode Northeren slayn wer ilka man. ― Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1060 So wel was loked ylkan entre. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 53 Ilk a thyng þat God has wroght. Ibid. 5970 Of ilkan Idel word and thoght. And of ilkan ydel dede. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Paulus 68 Prechinge ilkaday agane þe Iowis. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) Pref. 2 Ilke a gude Cristen man þat may. 1483 Cath. Angl. 194/2 Ilkaday, cotidie, cotidianus. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxxiii. 82 A stanchell hang in ilka lug. 1686 G. Stuart Joco-ser. Disc. 39 Latin he speaks at ilka sentence. 1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. Ded., To ilka lovely British lass. 1816 Scott Antiq. xv, That will be just five-and-threepence to ilka ane o' us. 1869 C. Gibbon R. Gray xvii, Ilka day makes ye the mair precious to me. |
b. Phrases: ilka deal, every whit (cf. ilk a.2 1 b, each 1 d). ilka day, week-day; attrib. (also ilka day's) every-day (cf. ilk a.2 1 b).
| a 1300 Cursor M. 26671, I haue mi hert soght ilk a delle. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 69 Þat he wild hold his oth, & ȝeld him þe coroun of Inglond ilkadele. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 6023 He did his bysynes ilk a dele. 1768 Ross Helenore ii. 85 Well neiper, I hae heard your tale, An' even fairly at it ilka dale. 1806 Falls of Clyde ii. ii, Twa hours..On ilka days, on Sundays sax or seven. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. xvi, What did ye do wi' your ilka-day's claise yesterday? 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie I. xxx. 282 In ilka-day meals, I am obligated to hae a regard for frugality. |