Middle English Dictionary Entry
alīche adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | alīche adv. Also alike, olike, oliche. |
| Etymology | alīche prob. from anlīche (OE onlīce); ō̆līke from ON, cp. OI ālīka. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. anlich & iliche.
1.
(a) Of mode: in the same manner, similarly; without distinction; (b) of degree or extent: equally; (c) in equal measure or quantity (= Latin ana).
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)330 : His sorwes ben euer aliche newe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1298 : Evere it is aliche grene, The grete love which I have.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.383 : Alle drinken noght alike, For som schal singe and som schal syke.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)41 : Þai..þat now ere Inglis, þan were Saxons; Saxons Inglis hight alle oliche.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1477 : Upon þat auter watz al aliche dresset.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)6526 : Þe Frensche & þey felawed o-liche & rysen ageyn Conan to fight.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)25 : Hit is impossible þat a creature maad in tyme sholde be olyke endeles wyth his maker.
- a1475 Friar & B.(Brog 2.1)49 : Thou schalt have a bowe and boltes blyth..ever to the alyche mete.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2024 : Often ghe ðrette, often ghe scroð, Oc al it was him o-like loð.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.3253 : Hire [nature's] strengthe and beaute ben beset To every man aliche fre.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.68 : Evere aliche fer to spede I am, the more I with hir dele.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.209 : It were noyther resoun ne riȝt to rewarde hem bothe aliche.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)7560 : Þus er oboven us hevens sere, Bot alle er þa noght olyke clere.
c
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.4ra : Tak j ℥ & s. of þat with ʒ borace, & camfre, ceruse, & gumme arabic most qwit, of alle alyk, wel driue togidre with euerose.