† thellich, a. and pron. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 þyslic, þyllic, þillic, þilic, 2 þellic, 3 þullich (ü), þulli (ü), 4 þellich. β. 1 þylc, þilc.
[OE. þyll{iacu}c, by assimilation from þysl{iacu}c (beside þusl{iacu}c, þull{iacu}c), f. þus, þys, thus + -lic, -ly1. See also thilk.]
A. adj. Of this or such a kind; suchlike, such.
| Beowulf 2637 ᵹif him þyslicu þearf ᵹelumpe. a 890 tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. ix. [xii.] (1890) 130 Se ðe þyslice ᵹife & swa micle..forecwið. c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xliii. 314 Ðyllic fæsten ic ᵹeceas. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives xxxiii. 142 Ac þyllic lif nis na ᵹewunelic on ure ceastre. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xviii. 5 Swa hwylc swa anne þyllicne [v.r. þilicne, Hatt. G. þellicne, Lindisf. ðuslic] lytling on minum naman onfehþ, se onfehþ me. Ibid. Mark vii. 8 Maneᵹa oþre þyllice [v.r. þylce, Hatt. G. þellice] ðing ᵹe doð. c 1050 Liber Scintill. 33 Ac swyþe feawa synd þa þylce ᵹebedu habban. Ibid. 80 Þes þylc fela spycð. a 1225 Ancr. R. 8 Þeos & swuche oþre [MS. C. þullich oðere] beoð alle ine freo wille to donne. c 1230 Hali Meid. 9 Þe þohtes þat..leareð þe and eggeð toward þulli þeowdom. a 1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 255 Of þulliche nesche wepnen ich mahte carien summes weis. Ibid. 265 Sikere ha beoð of al þis of þulli lif, of þulli wit, of þulli luue..ant of þulli blisse. 1340 Ayenb. 27 Of þelliche þinges him gledeþ ine his herte. |
B. pron. [absol. or ellipt. use of the adj.] A thing or things of this, that, or such a kind; such.
| a 890 tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. xvi. [xxii.] (1890) 228 Þyslic wæs seo syn, þe se cyning fore ofsleᵹen wæs. c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iv. iv. §2 Nu Romane him self þyllic writon. a 1000 Ecgbert's Confess. c. 15 ᵹif..he awiht þylces do. c 1000 ælfric Colloquy in Wr.-Wülcker 96/42 Þylces fela, his similia. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke ix. 9 Hwæt is þes be þam ic þilc [Hatt. þellic, Lind. ðuslico] ᵹehyre? a 1225 Leg. Kath. 849 Low! þullich is al þæt ȝe þencheð to dei for to weorrin me wið. 1340 Ayenb. 7 Þe þridde heste is þellich. |