a. and pron. Obs. Forms: α. 1 þyslic, þyllic, þillic, þilic, 2 þellic, 3 þullich(ii), þulli(ii), 4 þellich. β. 1 þylc, þilc. [OE. þyllíc, by assimilation from þyslíc (beside þuslíc, þullíc), f. þus, þys, THUS + -lic, -LY1. See also THILK.]

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  A.  adj. Of this or such a kind; suchlike, such.

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Beowulf, 2637. ʓif him þyslicu þearf ʓelumpe.

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a. 890.  trans. Bæda’s Hist., II. ix. [xii.] (1890), 130. Se ðe þyslice ʓife & swa micle … forecwið.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xliii. 314. Ðyllic fæsten ic ʓeceas.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, xxxiii. 142. Ac þyllic lif nis na ʓewunelic on ure ceastre.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Matt. xviii. 5. Swa hwylc swa anne þyllicne [v.r. þilicne, Hatt. G. þellicne, Lindisf. ðuslic] lytling on minum naman onfehþ, se onfehþ me. Ibid., Mark vii. 8. Maneʓa oþre þyllice [v.r. þylce, Hatt. G. þellice] ðing ʓe doð.

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a. 1050.  Liber Scintill., 33. Ac swyþe feawa synd þa þylce ʓebedu habban. Ibid., 80. Þes þylc fela spycð.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 8. Þeos & swuche oþre [MS. C. þullich oðere] beoð alle ine freo wille to donne.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 9. Þe þohtes þat … leareð þe and eggeð toward þulli þeowdom.

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a. 1240.  Sawles Warde, in Cott. Hom., 255. Of þulliche nesche wepnen ich mahte carien summes weis. Ibid., 265. Sikere ha beoð of al þis of þulli lif, of þulli wit, of þulli luue … ant of þulli blisse.

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1340.  Ayenb., 27. Of þelliche þinges him gledeþ ine his herte.

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  B.  pron. [absol. or ellipt. use of the adj.] A thing or things of this, that, or such a kind; such.

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a. 890.  trans. Bæda’s Hist., III. xvi. [xxii.] (1890), 228. Þyslic wæs seo syn, þe se cyning, fore ofsleʓen wæs.

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c. 893.  K. Ælfred, Oros., IV. iv. § 2. Nu Romane him self þyllic writon.

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a. 1000.  Ecgbert’s Confess., c. 15. ʓif … he awiht þylces do.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Colloquy, in Wr.-Wülcker, 96/42. Þylces fela, his similia.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Luke ix. 9. Hwæt is þes be þam ic þilc [Hatt. þellic, Lind. ðuslico] ʓehyre?

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a. 1225.  Leg. Kath., 849. Low! þullich is al þæt ȝe þencheð to dei for to weorrin me wið.

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1340.  Ayenb., 7. Þe þridde heste is þellich.

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