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Originally Posted by crich70
I think it might be an archaic way of saying anon.
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It most certainly does
not mean "anon". That only appears in your example because it rhymes with "John"! It's a Middle English word which means "each one" or "every one". (I'm sure you can see the similarity between "ychon" and "each one" - they're the same phrase.)
See:
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec...egdisplay=open