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Old English
Etymology
Originally þus + -līċ. Compare swelċ and hwelċ, which were formed similarly.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
þyslīċ
- like this, this kind of
- (substantive) something like this
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:12
Ealle wundrodon and þus cwǣdon, "Nǣfre wē ǣr þyslīċ ne ġesāwon."- Everyone was amazed and said, "We've never seen anything like this before."
- such
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
Ðyllīce word María hēold ārǣfniġende on hire heortan.- Such words Mary held, pondering them in her heart.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Navitivity ofd the Innocents"
Þyllīc wæs Herodes forðsīð, þe mānfullīce ymbe þæs heofenlīcan æþelinges tō-cyme syrwde, and his efen-ealdan lȳtlingas unscæððiġe ārlēaslīce ācwealde.- Such was the death of Herod, who wickedly machinated on the coming of the heavenly Prince, and impiously killed the innocent little ones, his equals in age.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Decollation of St. John The Baptist"
...þyllīce wundra ic wyrce, ac swāðēah ic wylle dēaðe sweltan for mancynnes ālȳsednysse,...- ..such wonders I work, and yet will I perish by death for the redemption of mankind,...
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Seventeeth Sunday After Pentecost"
Sume synfulle men ġeðafiað heora lustum, and ðurh yfele dǣda mannum cȳðað heora synna, and ēac ġewunelīce syngiġende hī sylfe gewemmað: þyllīce ġetācnode Lazarus, þe læġ on byrgene fēower niht fūle stincende.- Some sinful men assent to their lusts, and by evil deeds manifest their sins to men, and also habitually sinning defile themselves:such Lazarus betokened, who lay four days foully stinking in the sepulchre.
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