▪ I. † uniliche, a. and n. Obs.
[OE. unᵹel{iacu}c (see un-1 7 and ylike a.), = MDu. ongelijc (Du. ongelijk, WFris. on-, ungelyk), MLG. ungelîk (LG. unglîk), OHG. ungalîh (MHG. ungelîch, unglich, G. ungleich), ON. {uacu}gl{iacu}kr.]
A. adj. Unlike; not of the same kind or condition; different; spec. incomparable, superior.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxiii. §5 Ealle ᵹesceafta þu ᵹesceope him ᵹelice, & eac on sumum ðingum unᵹelice. 971 Blickl. Hom. 97 Þonne is unᵹelic be þon ecan life. a 1100 in Napier O.E. Glosses i. 2325 Dispari sexu, unᵹelicum [Brussels MS. unilicum] hade. a 1200 Moral Ode 360 (Trin. MS.), Þar ben wuniinges fele elch oðer uniliche. a 1225 Juliana 60 An godd al mihti, al oðer unilich. c 1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 815/268 He was..swiþe riche; Of richesse to fore alle oþere he was vniliche. |
B. n. = unilike (q.v., quot. a 1250).
▪ II. † uniliche, adv. Obs.
[OE. unᵹel{iacu}ce (cf. prec.) differently, = OS. ungilîko, OHG. ungelîcho, etc.]
Incomparably.
| c 1290 St. Brendan 143 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 223 Fairere hi beoþ þan ȝoure scheep, & grettere vnyliche. a 1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 786/58 Ac þe oþer were strengore, & richore oniliche. |