Middle English Dictionary Entry
unlīken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | unlīken v. P. (early) onlīkede. |
| Etymology | From līken v.(1) & līking(e ppl. adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To be or become displeased; also, displease (God), make unhappy; ppl. unlikinge, displeasing, unpleasant, disagreeable.
Associated quotations
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)1631 : Leir King was wel ipaid aud eft onlikede [Clg: eft him wes þe worsse].
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1314/27-8 : Sournesse wiþ likyng sauour is þe more likyng and wiþ vnlikyng [L tristante] sauour þe more vnlikyng.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)8.23 : Ich hadde leuere huyre of harletrye…Oþer lacke men, and lykne hem in vnlykynge manere.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.267 : He haþ sorwe of þe synne, bi resoun þat it unlikiþ God.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)153/11 : The heeres of his hede were kutte of for he schuld be vnlykynge to se to euery man.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)86/189 : Lorde, I must doe thy byddinge, though yt to mee be unlikynge.