Middle English Dictionary Entry
ilīche adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | ilīche adv. Also ilich, ilige, iliech, ileche, yeliche, eliche, (early) ilice, ȝelice, gelice & ilik(e, illik(e, (chiefly N) elik(e, (error) ylikne. |
| Etymology | OE gelīce |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In like or similar manner, in the same way, without distinction, similarly, alike [often difficult to distinguish from sense 2. and vice versa]; (b) so as to have the same consistency, evenly; (c) likewise, also; (d) together.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Elucid.(Vsp D.14)141/10 : Se litigere..lufeð ælces heowes lit, ac naht ealla gelice, & ælc lit he fæstneð on swylcen styde swa þær to berist.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)79.22/1 : Þeah man hylcne dæl þarof swelȝe, ȝelice hit fremað.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)39/14 : Þeos ædle [ne] eȝlad ælce manne ȝelice.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)52/7 : Þe mon þe ða synne edlæcð þe he ær bette..is..ilice ȝeþeawod þam hundum þe æt þæt he ær speaw.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11379 : Þa hæhne & þa riche, alle heo sloh iliche.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)79/*79 : Þe clerek and þe knyht he schulle demen euelyche riht, þe poure and þe ryche demen ilyche.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.436 : Pieres þe plowman..trauailleth & tulyeth for a tretour also sore As for a trewe tydy man al tymes ylyke.
- c1400 *Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7)263a : Ef a ȝunge schepe..schal be coupled & yȝoked to a wylde bole..vor hy draweþ noȝt al yleche, þe solouȝ of holy cherche schal noȝt go aryȝt.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3457 : Deth ne maketh no dyuisioun..but twen bothe iliche, Off the porest and hym that is most riche.
- a1450 I wole be mendid (Dgb 102)87 : Deme all yliche, lest and most.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1292 : For sothe, ylyche they suffred thoo Oo blysse, and eke oo sorwe bothe.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apost.(Dub 245)434 : Ȝif alle weren oon, þer weren noon ordre, but ilche man myȝte ylyche comaunde to oþer.
b
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)20 : Loke þat it be y-like chargeaunt.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.44 : Put alle in pot, alye hit ilyke With a lytel floure.
c
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)237 : His admoded deað ofer com and fordede ure soriȝe and ȝelice deað.
- ?c1335 Earth(1) (Hrl 913)1/5 : Of erþ þou were makid and mon þou art ilich.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)1.50 : God axed of hem of whome spake þe lettre, And þe ymage ilyke þat þere-inne stondeth?
- c1450 Libeaus (Clg A.2:Ritson)1037 : They sawe an hynde com styke, And two grehoundes ylyke.
d
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)71/293 : Þe fischers answerd, boþe y-liche; To þe abot þai speken anon.
2.
To the same extent or degree, equally; ~ distaunt, equidistant; ~ in on, equally.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)1/17 : Se Halga Gast, he nis na acænned, ac he gæð of þan Fæder & of þan Sune gelice; Þas þry hades syndon an Ælmihtig God.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)70.8/3 : Ȝenim þas ylcan wyrt absinthium & hara-huna & elehtran, ealra ȝelice micel.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)20/25 : Ȝif heo drinced fulfune meoluc mid wine ȝemenged ȝelice efne, sona hyt haleð.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)82/6 : Heo ðreo an God wuniȝende..on ane godcundnesse iliche mihtiȝe, nan læsse þene oðer.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)381-2 : Þeih ne bed here eien naht alle iliche brihte, Hi nabbeð naht iliche muchel alle of godes lihte.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)32/303 : Sei us nu hwuch blisse is to alle iliche meane.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)175/3 : Schrift limpeð to alle men iliche.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)312 : Hij sholen haue..Fulle ioye and fulle blisse, Boþe þe pore and þe riche, Ac..noht alle iliche.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2734 : Duc Theseus leet crye..The gree as wel of oo syde as of oother, And either syde ylyk as otheres brother.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.107 : In hervest..þe day and þe nyȝt beeþ i-liche [vr. ylyge] longe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.850 : Bothe two..Concluden in multiplicacioun Ylike wel.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333a/a : The weiȝte is rightful whanne boþe bolles hongeth euene wiþ here weightes and yliche hihe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.167 : Alle myȝtest þow haue made none mener þan other, And yliche witty & wyse, if þe wel hadde lyked.
- c1400 Chaucer Astr.(Cmb Dd.3.53)2.15.1 : Loke whiche degrees ben illik fer fro the heuedes of Cancer & Capricorn.
- c1400 Chaucer Astr.(Cmb Dd.3.53)2.39.18 : The longitude of a clymat ys a lyne y-magined fro Est to west illike distant by-twene them alle.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)458/1842 : Þe 2 condicion..is..hys body, þat it..be overall elyk hal & not to brokyne.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.200 : I haue ben eliche egal To oon and alle.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.47 : Crist techiþ þat he is God bi þe werkes þat he doiþ, for it is yliche [vr. ilich, eliche] liȝt to do miraclis bi himsilf.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)182a/a : Also þe same galien seiþ þat it is impossibel þat one medicine be yliche good to alle men.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)22/23 : Yf bothe þe digettes ben y-lyech mych as here, 222 or too tymes twenty.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)731 : And bothe in love ylyke sore they brente.
- a1450 PPl.B (Bod 814)19.90 : Ylikne [Ld: Three yliche honest þinges was offred þus at ones].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4283 : Oure lord has lemett vs elike þe lenthe of oure days, For þar leues na lede in oure lande langire þan othire.
- c1450(?a1402) *?Trev.Reg.Princ.(Dgb 233)1a : Dignytees and hye astates duren Ileche long.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)225/7 : He was war of iij clere droppis, all elike mekill.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)1.66 : Þer gromes and þe goodmen beth all eliche grette.
- c1475 Lydg.CB (Hrl 116)p.181 : To array his gardeyn withe notable apparayle, Of lengthe and brede yeliche square and longe.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)8/4 : Take blac mynte and wos of the rewe, of boþe ylych moche.
3.
Constantly, unceasingly, invariably, in every way; ever (ai, alwei) ~ [see also ever adv. 9. (a)].
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1663 : Constu bulden a burh inwið i þin heorte..bute sloh & slec, eauer iliche sumerlich?
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)61/19 : Na þing neauer nes þrin þet hit adeadede, ah eauer wes iliche cwic of þet cwike godd head þe wunede þrinne.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)618 : Ich habbe at wude tron wel grete..Mid iui grene al bigrowe Þat eure stont iliche iblowe.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)718 : Þis fruyt is euere iliche ripe, and þis lond i-liche briȝt.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)152 : Þat water of baþe is þat on þat euere is iliche hot.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.602 : He neuere hir koude fynde But euere in oon ylike sad and kynde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.20 : And ther to he was hardy, wys, and riche, And pitous and iust alwey yliche.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)74-5 : Hyr luue is ay ilik [Frf: ay I-like; Göt: euerelike; Trin-C: euer I liche] new; Hir luue sco haldes lele ilike.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18446 : In paradis..liue es lastand euer ilike [Ld: euyr elyche; Göt: euer elike; Trin-C: euer I liche].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)975 : Ferly ferde watz her flesch þat flowen ay ilyche.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2567 : Ȝe schal to me ben y-lyche trewe, And cherische me for chaunge of any newe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.997 : He was besiest in fiȝt..Vp-on Grekis elyche fresche and newe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1106 : And Iliche, alwey newe and newe, Hector Grekis..manly dide oppresse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1660 : And ay I-liche, as a swarme of been, Þe Grekis flokmel fled.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.1465 : Þe love of whom was so sharpe & kene, Ay at his hert, y-liche grene and newe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.144 : I to ben..pacient, And evere mo desiren fresshly newe To serve, and ben ay ylike diligent.
- c1440(?a1375) Abbey HG (Thrn)54/28 : The gud lady Meknes, þat aye Elyke makis hir selfe lowly and vndir alle oþer, sall be supprioresse.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4187 : Þey dauncedone & songen euer yliche fast.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1225 : Arystes, ane athill man, ai elike fiȝtis.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.34.20b : Hoo so be ai ilike wis in knowynge of God and [of] gostli þinges, hit semiþ þat he wexiþ bute a litel in þe lufe of God.
- a1500(c1450) Idley Instr.(Arun 20)2.S.284 : Þei had never hunger..And euer lyk fressh in þer labure and besynes; Þeir garmentes also elyke new and gay.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)67/106 : A bush I se burnand full bryght, and euer elyke the leyfes are greyn.