† ˈanlike, a. and n. Obs.
Forms: 1 anl{iacu}c, 2–4 anlich, 4 anlyk.
[OE. anl{iacu}c, f. an- prefix 1, on, unto, to, + l{iacu}c body, shape; cogn. w. Goth. analeik, ON. ál{iacu}k; the latter, with OE. ᵹel{iacu}c, gave alike, like; anlike became obs. in 14th c.]
A. adj. Like, similar, alike.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xviii. 23 Forðam ys heofena rice ánlic ðam cyninge. c 1160 Hatton G. ibid., Forþam ys heofene riche anlich þam kyninge. 1340 Ayenb. 186 Þe oþre þet is him anlich ine kende. Ibid. 227 Þet stat makeþ þane þet hit wel lokeþ anlyke to þe angles of heuene. |
B. n. [The adj. used absol.; cf. mod. ‘his like.’] A fellow-creature; also, a likeness or image.
| 1340 Ayenb. 145 Ech best ase zayþ salamouns [Ecclus. xiii. 19] loueþ his anliche. Ibid. 233 Ine zuyche manyere is Godes anlyche volveld ine manne. |