Middle English Dictionary Entry
ontinkel adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ontinkel adj. |
| Etymology | ?OE *andþyncol, cp. þyncan seem; see OD. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Alike, similar, resembling; ben ~, to resemble (one another).
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12675 : Iacob..Was cald þe broþer of iesu..Ontinkel was him [Göt: Ontinkel till him was] with faciun.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21132 : [Jacob] was our lauerd sister sun..þai war ontinkel an and oþer [Göt: ontinkil aiþer til oþer; Phys-E: ontinkil baþe til oþir], Man o sothfastnes and right.