▪ I. † swilk, dem. a. and pron. (and adv.) Obs.
Forms: α. 3–4 swilc, (3 Orm. swillc, swillk-; swiulc, suwilk, squilk, 4 squylk), 3–5 swilk, suilk, 4–5 swilke, swylk(e, suylk; 5 swelk, suelc. β. 3 selk(e, 3–4 sulk(e, 4–5 silk(e, sylk(e, (4 schilke). γ. 4–5 swyk.
[Northern unpalatalized form corresp. to swilč, swilch, swelč, sulch, swich: see such and cf. sic.]
1. As dem. a. in ordinary attributive, predicative, or complemental use: = such I.
| α c 1200 Ormin 201 Witt sinndenn off swillc elde nu Þatt witt ne muȝhenn tæmenn. Ibid. 15811 Whatt læn þeȝȝ sholldenn unnderrfon Att Godd forr swillke dedess. c 1220 Bestiary 440, & deuel geld swilk billing wið same & wið sending. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3726 Leateð ben swilc wurdes ref. a 1300 Cursor M. 4133 (Cott.) If yee do suilk an outrake. Ibid. 6258 And yee sal cum al hal to land, Swilk es þe vertu of þis wand. 1375 Barbour Bruce vii. 364 He suld nouthir haff hert no will Swilk inperdy till vndirta. c 1400 tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 89 Two precious stoones..þat n en fynden yn rynnand waters, of whom þe wyrkynges er swylk. c 1440 York Myst. iii. 53 To swilke a lorde in alle degree Be euer⁓more lastand louynge. |
| β a 1300 Siriz 101 That I shal don selk falsete. Ibid. 264, I shal kenne hire sulke a lore. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1513 How dar ȝe do sylk a þyng? 13.. Cursor M. 23153 (Edinb.) Al þat are schilke. Ibid. 24548 Of bale and bot sulk was mi soru. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 7 Þat..silk indulgencis rennun not forþ aȝen þe ordinaunce of God. |
| γ a 1500 Ratis Raving Prol. 11 And gyf swyk causs sall fal in the, Trow weill at þow sal punyst be. |
2. With correlative or dependent clause:
= such II.
| α c 1200 Ormin 5413 Þa shall Godess kinedom All all swillc beon onn eorþe, Alls itt iss upp inn heoffness ærd. 12.. Will of ælfgar (anno 958) in Birch Cartul. III. 215 In to squilke haleȝen stowe squilk hire red likes. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1937 Swilc nið & hate ros hem on, He redden alle him for to slon. a 1300 Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 339 The fendes kasten suwilk a ȝel, the erthe it openede anon. a 1300 Cursor M. 2848 (Cott.) Suilk als þai brued now ha þai dronken. c 1300 Havelok 2123 So stod ut of his mouth a glem, Rith al swilk so þe sunne-bem. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. i. 658 Swilk als þe tre es with bowes, Swilk es þe fruyt þat on it growes. 1375 Barbour Bruce ii. 337 Wyrk yhe then apon swylk wyss, That ȝour honour be sawyt ay. 1444 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 105 Swilk composicion and avise as sall be made betwen ye said Maire..and Hugh Cliderhowe. 1451 Lincoln Diocese Documents 52 With suylke stufe of vetell as was purwad for my howsald. |
| β c 1400 Apol. Loll. 59 Oþer sacramentis are ȝeuen to ilk man for himsilf, and silk þey are to ilk man as þei are tane wiþ hart and concience. 1457 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 207 Silke as the custom of the kirk of the cite of York requires. |
| γ c 1400 tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 101 Yn pryue conseils er swyk þinges shewed to oon, þat byfore many or mo shold noght be shewyd. |
3. swilk and swilk: see
such a. 16 b. (
Cf. 4.)
| c 1200 Ormin 1006 All þeȝȝre lac wass swillc & swillc. a 1300 Cursor M. 4413 (Cott.) Al suilk and suilk, sir, was þe scam Þat he can seke on mi licam. |
4. absol. or as pron. = such IV.
| [c 888 ælfred Boeth. xxxviii. §1 Be swilcum & be swylcum þu miht onᵹitan þæt se cræft þæs lichoman bið on þa mode.] c 1200 Ormin 9381 All swillc & swillc comm Sannt Johan To shæwenn & to kiþenn. Ibid. 13935 Wel he wisste himm sellf forr whatt He nollde swillke chesenn. c 1300 Havelok 644 Al with suilk Shole we sone þe wel fede. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxxix. 21 Swilk ere fikil louers and fals. c 1400 tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 50 To swilk..þat souereyn god iugys vnworthi & enemys. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxviii. 333 Whils I am werere of swylke, the longere mercy may I call. |
5. With
one,
none,
another:
= such 26–28.
| α c 1200 Ormin 11595 Þatt swillc an shollde muȝhenn beon Shippennd off alle shaffte. a 1300 Cursor M. 77 (Cott.) Suilk in herth es fundun nan. Ibid. 1942 For nakin schaunce Sal i ta suilk a noiþer wengance. Ibid. 18142 For þar mai be nanoþer suilk. c 1400 tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 107 If þou fynde non swylke. 1483 Cath. Angl. 374/2 Swilkone,..talio. |
| β a 1300 Siriz 245 For none selke werkes. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 15508 In al this world is non silke [rime mylke]. |
6. With numeral, expressing multiplication:
= such 32.
| 13.. Evang. Nicod. 386 in Herrig Archiv LIII. 398 [It] es more syn þan swilk seuen. c 1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1886 Sum he losed of hys men, Bot the evil lost swilk ten. c 1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1196 Swylke seven clerkys hadde hee Undir hym as have ȝe. |
B. adv. So, likewise; as.
Cf. such adv.| 12.. [see 2 above]. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 143 Ðe mone is more bi mannes tale, Ðan al ðis erðe in werldes dale; And egest swilc ðe sunnes brigt, Is more ðanne ðe mones ligt. |
C. Comb.:
swilk-like = such-like.
| c 1400 tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 97 Chaterynge of bryddes, and swylk lyk souns. Ibid., A rappyngge togedre of stones, hewynge of wode, and swylk lyk. 1439 Charters &c. of Edinb. (1871) 64 Payand yerly..swylk like annuales as thai dede to..Schir Robert. |
▪ II. swilk, v. dial. [Echoic.] intr. To splash or dash about, as liquid. So
ˈswilker v. dial.| 1674 Ray N.C. Words, To Swilker ore: to dash over. 1853 Anna M. Howitt Art Student in Munich 198 The water dashed over the little raft, swilkering between the mighty stems. 1865 Waugh Lanc. Songs 46 Th' owd lad he's fairly made 'em swilk. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., To Swilker, a provincialism for splashing about. |