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irchepil
† ˈirchepil Obs. rare. [A corruption of ilespil (ilspil, irspil), hedgehog, influenced by irchin.] A hedgehog or urchin.c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 298/49 Ase ful ase is an Irchepil of piles al-a-boute, So ful he stikede of Arewene.
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isepile
† i-spile, isepile var. of ilspile, ilespil obs., hedgehog: see il.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. i. (MS. Bodl.) lf. 239/2 Som bestes gadreth store of mete and fedinge: as Isepiles and þe ampte. 1495 Ibid. lxii. 818 An ispile [MS. Bodl. vrchon] hath a lytyll body and many pykes that occupyeth mo...
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il
▪ I. † il, ile Obs. [OE. iᵹil, {iacu}l = OHG. igil (MHG., Ger. igel), MLG., MDu., Du. egel, ON. igull, going back, with Lith. eż{yacu}s, Gr. ἐχῖνος, to a pre-Teut. *eghĭ-nos, -los, a deriv. of eghi-, Gr. ἔχι-ς adder.] A hedgehog. (In OE. also a porcupine.)c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xxxv. 241 Se...
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