yliche

Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iˈliːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /iˈliːk(ə)/

Etymology 1

From Old English ġelīċe. Doublet of like. By surface analysis, ylich +‎ -e.

Adverb

yliche

  1. in the same way, alike, similarly
  2. to the same degree, alike, equally
    • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:
      Al is ylyche goode to me / Ioy or sorowe wherso hyt be / For I haue felynge in no thynge / But as it were a mased thynge / Alway in poynt to falle a down
      Everything is equally good to me— / Joy or sorrow, however it might be— / For I feel nothing about anything, / But am like some dazed thing, / Always on the brink of falling down.
  3. likewise, also, too
  4. (usually following an adverb meaning ‘always’) constantly, invariably, unchangingly, always so
    • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Squiers Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 129, recto:
      And ther to, he was hardy, wys, and riche / Pietous and juſt, and euermoore yliche / Sooth of his word, benigne and honurable / Of his corage, as any Centre Stable / yong, freſſh, and ſtrong, in armes deſirous / As any Bachiler, of al his hous
      And, in addition, he was hardy, wise, and rich, / Compassionate and just, and always so without exception, / True to his word, gracious and honorable, / As stable of heart as any center of rotation, / Young, vigorous, and strong, as eager in arms / As any Knight Bachelor of his whole household.
Descendants
  • English: alike
  • Scots: ylike, ylyke, elike, elyke
  • Yola: alike

Conjunction

yliche (Early Middle English)

  1. in the same way as, just as

Etymology 2

From Old English ġelīca.

Noun

yliche (plural yliches) (Early Middle English)

  1. equal, peer, like
  2. counterpart, mate
  3. image, likeness
  4. visible form, appearance, semblance

References
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