everich

Middle English

Alternative forms

• every, eaver-euch, averiche, aver alche, ever ælche

Etymology

From Old English ǣfre ǣlċ, ǣfre ǣġhwelċ, ǣfre ġehwelċ (“each and every”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvəriː/, /ˈɛːvəriː/, /-t͡ʃ/

Adjective

everich

1. every
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     He knew the cause of everich maladye

     He knew the cause of every illness

   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum iiij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XXI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 423, recto; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 845, lines 16–18:

     Than were they condeſended that Kyng Arthure and syr mordred ſhold mete betwyxte bothe theyr hooſtes and eueryche of them shold brynge fourtene persones […]

     Then were they condescended that King Arthur and Sir Mordred should meet betwixt both their hosts and every of them should bring fourteen persons […]

Descendants

• English: every
• Scots: ivery
• Yola: ivery, erich, everich

References

• “ē̆verī, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Yola

Determiner

everich

1. Alternative form of ivery

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38