Swilc. i 1

According to the Old English Dictionary:

swilc. I 1

add :-- On ðǽm dæge plegedon hié of horsum ... swá heora þeáw æt swelcum (on such occasions) wæs, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 31. Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ..., Past. 293, 22. I 2 a. add :-- Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne ende næfde, þætte Constantinopolim on swelcre cwacunge wæs ego poteram similia apud Constantinopolim narrare, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 21. Þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne, Gr. D. 247, 13. III. add :-- Him þá geþúhte swelc ꝥ mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14. III a. Þyslic ... swálic :-- Þyslic (þyllic, ) mé is gesewen ... swálic (swylc, v.l.) swá ... talis mihi videtur ... quale ..., Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 17. V. add :-- Wiþ hreófle, wegbrǽde, ... eolone, swefl, dó þæs swefles swilc an þára wyrta twǽde, Lch. ii. 78, 8. Wyrc swilc án lytel cicel, Lch. iii. 30, 19. V 1. of abstract things :-- Ðæt is ðonne suelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge to rush on another openly with blame is as much as to thrust with the point; ex mucrone quippe percutere est impetu apertae increpationis obviare, Past. 297, 11. swilc

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