Obs. [OE. unʓelíc (see UN-1 7 and YLIKE a.), = MDu. ongelijc (Du. ongelijk, WFris. on-, ungelyk), MLG. ungelîk (LG. unglîk), OHG. ungalîh (MHG. ungelîch, unglich, G. ungleich), ON. úglíkr.]
A. adj. Unlike; not of the same kind or condition; different; spec. incomparable, superior.
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxiii. § 5. Ealle ʓesceafta þu ʓesceope him ʓelice, & eac on sumum ðingum unʓelice.
971. Blickl. Hom., 97. Þonne is unʓelic be þon ecan life.
a. 1100. in Napier, O. E. Glosses, I. 2325. Dispari sexu, unʓelicum [Brussels MS. unilicum] hade.
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 360 (Trin. MS.). Þar ben wuniinges fele elch oðer uniliche.
a. 1225. Juliana, 60. An godd al mihti, al oðer unilich.
c. 1400. R. Gloucester’s Chron. (Rolls), 815/268. He was … swiþe riche; Of richesse to fore alle oþere he was vniliche.
B. sb. = UNILIKE (s.v., quot. a. 1250).
