▪ I. † ylike, a. and n. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 ᵹelic, 2 ȝelic(h), 2–5 ilich(e, ylych(e, 3–5 ylich(e, 4 ileche, 4–5 yleche, ilyche. β. 2–5 ilik(e, 3–5 ilyke, 4 ylik, ilek, 4–5 ylyk(e, illike, ylike.
[OE. ᵹel{iacu}c: see y- 1 b and like a. Represented now by alike, q.v.; see also inlike.]
A. adj.
1. Like, similar (const. dat. or to).
| a 900 Cynewulf Juliana 549 Ic ær ne sið æniᵹ ne mette in woruldrice wiþ þe ᵹelic. c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xix. (1890) 322 [Se lichoma] wæs slæpendum men ᵹelicra þonne deadum. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Þe alde mon þe bið butan treowscipe bið iliche þan treo þe bereð lef and blosman and nane westmas ne bereð. c 1200 Vices & Virtues 9 Ic scal bien ȝelich ðan heisten [orig. ero similis altissimo]. a 1225 Ancr. R. 200 Hwose haueð eni unðeau of þeo þet ich er nemde, oðer ham iliche. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 792 Ȝe ben to þe helle-hond holliche i-like. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 2336 A semede þe diuel ileche. 1422 Yonge tr. Secr. Secr. xxii. 149 None afore the hath be y-lyke the, ne aftyre the shall come. c 1474 Caxton Recuyell (1894) 321 A geant named Cerberus ynowh ylyke vnto pluto of condicions. |
2. Of a number of things: Like one another; alike; equal. ever ylike: always the same.
| Beowulf 2164 Feower mearas..ᵹelice. c 890–c 1060 Laws of æthelred vi. lii. (Liebermann) 258 Se maᵹa & se unmaᵹa ne beoð na ᵹelice, ne ne maᵹon na ᵹelice byrþene ahebban. a 1240 Ureisun in O.E. Hom. I. 203 Þet naueþ nouðer ende ne biginnunge þet is euer iliche wiðute sturiunge. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 355 Þinges þat beeth i-liche [MS. γ buþ ylyche] acordeþ to gidres. c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. i. §17 Than ben the daies & the nyhtes illike of lenghthe in al the world. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 399 Thre waxe-candels he let make þen, Euery candelle y-leyche of weyȝt. 1422 Yonge tr. Secr. Secr. xxiii. 151 Yestyrday he hadd frendys Speciall, but to-day he haue ham all y-lyke. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas iv. xi. (1558) 103 Fortunes gyftes be nat aye ylyche. |
3. Fitting, suitable. (Cf. like a. 6 a.)
| c 1205 Lay. 15117 Nusten heo an world-riche ræd þat heom weore ilike. |
B. n.
1. (One's) like, equal, counterpart.
| a 1000 Boeth. Metr. xx. 37 Nan þing nis þin ᵹelica. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 151 Iob wes..swa godmon þet ure drihten..seide þet under houene ne nan his ilike. c 1205 Lay. 25378 Nes þer na king his ilike. c 1305 Judas 66 in E.E.P. (1862) 109 Ech þing loueþ his iliche. |
2. Outward appearance, likeness, semblance; concr. an image, ‘likeness’.
| a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1843 Crist..þurh his ahne engel i culurene iliche, fedde hire. a 1225 Ancr. R. 136 Loke þet tu habbe his iliche, þet is þet crucifix. a 1300 K. Horn 305 In hornes ilike Þu schalt hure biswike. c 1315 Shoreham vii. 883 Ase mannes ylyche ymad of tre May nauȝt be al ase man may be..Ne godes ylyche, man, y-wys Ne may nauȝt be al ase god ys. |
▪ II. † yˈlike, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹel{iacu}ce, 2 ȝelic(h)e, 3–5 iliche, yliche, 4–5 ilike, 4–7 ylike, etc. (cf. prec.); also 4 eliche, elike, elyke, 5 yeliche.
[OE. ᵹel{iacu}ce = OS. gilîco (MDu. gelike, Du. gelijk), OHG. galîhho, g(i)lîcho (MHG. g(e)lîche, g(e)lîch, G. gleich), Goth. galeikô; f. prec.]
1. Similarly; likewise; alike; equally. ever ylike: unceasingly, continuously.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 119 Ne wæron þas ealle ᵹelice lange. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xx. 5 Eft he ut-eode embe þa sixtan & niᵹoþan tide & dyde þam swa ᵹelice. c 1200 Moral Ode 66 (Trin. Coll. MS.) Africh man mid þat he haueð mai bugge heueriche Þe þe more haueð and þe þe lasse boðe iliche. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 152 Þat water of baþe is þat on þat euere is iliche hot. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xix. 436 Al tymes ylyke. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1668 Til that the Thebane knyghtes bothe yliche Honured, were in to the paleys fet. c 1391 ― Astrol. ii. §39 The longitude of a clymat ys a lyne ymagined fro Est to west, illike distant by-twene them alle. a 1395 Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. xxxiv, Who soo is euer ylyke wyse in knowyng of god & ghostly thynges. c 1400 Lydg. Chorle & Bird 48 (MS. Harl. 116) Of lengthe and brede yeliche square and longe. c 1403 Clanvowe Cuckow & Night. 64 The floures and the gras y-lyke hye. 1423 Jas. I Kingis Q. lxx, Tantalus..That euer ylike hailith at the well Water to draw with buket botemles. c 1460 Towneley Myst. viii. 106 A bush I se burnand full bryght, and euer elyke the leyfes are greyn. 1486 Bk. St. Albans c vj b, Take Fenell Maryall and Kersis ilich moch. |
2. Const. dative: In the same manner (as), like, as. Also with as (OE. swá), as conj. or conj. adv.
| c 893 ælfred Oros. v. vii. §2 Þe elpendes hyd wile drincan wætan, ᵹelice & spynge deð. 971 Blickl. Hom. 17 He him ᵹehet his æriste,..ᵹelice swa he ær þa þrowunge dyde. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xx. 330 Wusshen and wylnen Alle manere of men mercy and forȝeuenesse, And louye hem yliche hym-sylf. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 4 How falles it then, we no merrier bene, Ylike as others, girt in gawdy greene? c 1634 W. Cartwright Ordinary ii. ii. (1651) 25 If I kissen, These thick stark bristles of mine beard will pricken Ylike the skin of Hownd-fish. |
▪ III. † yˈlike, v. Obs.
[OE. ᵹel{iacu}cian (cf. MDu. ghelîken, MHG. gelîchen, Goth. galeikan): see y- 3 c and like v.1]
trans. To please.
| c 893 ælfred Oros. v. i, Ascian þonne Italie hiera aᵹne londleode, hu him þa tida ᵹelicoden. 1340 Ayenb. 109 Leue uader ylyky þe þet þe holy gost ous wille alyȝte þe hert. |