þyslic

Old English

Alternative forms

• þuslīċ, þislīċ, þyllīċ, þyliċ, þylċ

Etymology

Originally þus +‎ -līċ. Compare swelċ and hwelċ, which were formed similarly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθys.liːt͡ʃ/, [ˈθyz.liːt͡ʃ]

Pronoun

þyslīċ

1. like this, this kind of
2. (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."

3. 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.

Coordinate terms

• hwelċ
• swelċ

Descendants

• Middle English: thilk, thulk