† ˈanlikeness Obs.
Forms: 1–3 anl{iacu}cnes(se, -nys(se, 2 onlich-, 3 on(n)lic-, anlich-, 4 anlik-, anlycnes(se.
[f. anlike a. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being like to; likeness, resemblance, similitude.
| a 1000 Cædmon Gen. 1529 (Bosw.) Mon wæs to Godes anl{iacu}cnesse ǽrest ᵹesceapen. c 1200 Pater N. 88 in Lamb. Hom. 59 He makede mon i rihtwisnesse, Onlete on his onlichnesse. c 1200 Ormin 19012 Manness sawle iss lic Wiþþ Godd inn onnlicnesse. c 1340 Ayenb. 87 Oure riȝte uader..ssop þe zaule to his anlycnesse. |
2. concr. Anything made in the likeness of some object; a likeness, portrait, image. spec. An image of a god, an idol.
| c 1000 ælfric Gloss. 304 Imago vel agalma, anl{iacu}cnys. c 1175 Cott. Hom. 227 Hi worhtan ham anlicnessen, sum of golde, sum of selfre. 1205 Lay. 21155 An on-licnes [1250 anlichnisse] deore{revsc} of drihtenes moder. c 1230 Ancr. R. 18 To þe oðer onlicnesses and to ower relikes cneoleð. |