quhom

English

Etymology

Compare quhat and quhere, variants of what and where respectively.

Pronoun

quhom

  1. (especially Scotland) Obsolete spelling of whom.
    • 1609, John Skene, transl., Regiam majestatem: the auld lawes and constitutions of Scotland, 1st edition, volume 1:
      Procreat upon ane Concubine, or as we commonlie say, upon ane aneabil or singill woman, quhom he maries thereafter, as his lawfull wife.
    • 1754, Sir James Balfour, compiler, Practicks, Edinburgh: Thomas and Walter Ruddimans, Of warrandice, page 328:
      Gif ony man annalzies ony landis titulo oneroſo, to ane uther, and it happin afterwart that the famin landis be compryſit fra the buyar, for debt auchtand be the annalzier of the ſaidis landis to him be quhom thay ar compryſit, and to his aſſignay thairof,  […]
    • 1561, The Confeſſione of the fayht [sic] and doctrine beleued and profeſſed by the Proteſtantes  […], Edinburgh: Robert Lekprewik, page 97; republished as David Laing, editor, Works of John Knox, volume 2, Wodrow Society, 1848:
      We confesse and acknawledge ane onlie God, to quhom onlie we must cleave, [quhom only we must serve,] quhom onlie we must wirschip, and in quhom onlie we must put our trust;  […]
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