Middle English Dictionary Entry
al-swich adj. & adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | al-swich adj. & adv. Also al-swilk, -swuch. |
| Etymology | From phrase; cp. such. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Such (periods); al-swich..as, exactly the same as, just as; (b) in exactly the same way; ~ wise; exactly (as), just (as).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Hi uuenden ðat he sculde ben alsuic alse the eom wes.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.101 : Wiþþ all swillc rime alls her iss sett.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5413 : Forr þa shall Godess kinedom All all swillc beon onn eorþe, Alls itt iss upp inn heoffness ærd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12392 : Þat Jesu Crist ne wære Nohht elless butt all swillc an mann Alls Adam haffde strenedd.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)83 : Þa he bicom alswich alse he wiþute sunne ane.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2123 : So stod ut of his mouth a glem, Rith al swilk so þe sunne-bem.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)417 : And oðer fiftene al swilc sel, Quane Eue bar rigt-wise Abel.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)133 : And alswuche wise spekeð ðe eorðliche king wið iwilche cristene monne.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)79 : For aftir þat mon souit, alsuipich [read: al swich; Jes-O: al swuch] sal he mouin.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4108 : Good let oc ðu hem bi-se Alswilc als hem bi-hulik bee.