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▪ I. † swilk, dem. a. and pron. (and adv.) Obs. Forms: α. 3–4 swilc, (3 Orm. swillc, swillk-; swiulc, suwilk, squilk, 4 squylk), 3–5 swilk, suilk, 4–5 swilke, swylk(e, suylk; 5 swelk, suelc. β. 3 selk(e, 3–4 sulk(e, 4–5 silk(e, sylk(e, (4 schilke). γ. 4–5 swyk. [Northern unpalatalized form corresp. to swilč, swilch, swelč, sulch, swich: see such and cf. sic.] 1. As dem. a. in ordinary attributive, predicative, or complemental use: = such I. αc1200Ormin 201 Witt sinndenn off swillc elde nu Þatt witt ne muȝhenn tæmenn. Ibid. 15811 Whatt læn þeȝȝ sholldenn unnderrfon Att Godd forr swillke dedess. c1220Bestiary 440, & deuel geld swilk billing wið same & wið sending. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3726 Leateð ben swilc wurdes ref. a1300Cursor M. 4133 (Cott.) If yee do suilk an outrake. Ibid. 6258 And yee sal cum al hal to land, Swilk es þe vertu of þis wand. 1375Barbour Bruce vii. 364 He suld nouthir haff hert no will Swilk inperdy till vndirta. c1400tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 89 Two precious stoones..þat n en fynden yn rynnand waters, of whom þe wyrkynges er swylk. c1440York Myst. iii. 53 To swilke a lorde in alle degree Be euer⁓more lastand louynge. βa1300Siriz 101 That I shal don selk falsete. Ibid. 264, I shal kenne hire sulke a lore. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1513 How dar ȝe do sylk a þyng? 13..Cursor M. 23153 (Edinb.) Al þat are schilke. Ibid. 24548 Of bale and bot sulk was mi soru. c1400Apol. Loll. 7 Þat..silk indulgencis rennun not forþ aȝen þe ordinaunce of God. γa1500Ratis Raving Prol. 11 And gyf swyk causs sall fal in the, Trow weill at þow sal punyst be. 2. With correlative or dependent clause: = such II. αc1200Ormin 5413 Þa shall Godess kinedom All all swillc beon onn eorþe, Alls itt iss upp inn heoffness ærd. 12..Will of ælfgar (anno 958) in Birch Cartul. III. 215 In to squilke haleȝen stowe squilk hire red likes. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1937 Swilc nið & hate ros hem on, He redden alle him for to slon. a1300Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 339 The fendes kasten suwilk a ȝel, the erthe it openede anon. a1300Cursor M. 2848 (Cott.) Suilk als þai brued now ha þai dronken. c1300Havelok 2123 So stod ut of his mouth a glem, Rith al swilk so þe sunne-bem. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. i. 658 Swilk als þe tre es with bowes, Swilk es þe fruyt þat on it growes. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 337 Wyrk yhe then apon swylk wyss, That ȝour honour be sawyt ay. 1444Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 105 Swilk composicion and avise as sall be made betwen ye said Maire..and Hugh Cliderhowe. 1451Lincoln Diocese Documents 52 With suylke stufe of vetell as was purwad for my howsald. βc1400Apol. Loll. 59 Oþer sacramentis are ȝeuen to ilk man for himsilf, and silk þey are to ilk man as þei are tane wiþ hart and concience. 1457Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 207 Silke as the custom of the kirk of the cite of York requires. γc1400tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 101 Yn pryue conseils er swyk þinges shewed to oon, þat byfore many or mo shold noght be shewyd. 3. swilk and swilk: see such a. 16 b. (Cf. 4.)
c1200Ormin 1006 All þeȝȝre lac wass swillc & swillc. a1300Cursor M. 4413 (Cott.) Al suilk and suilk, sir, was þe scam Þat he can seke on mi licam. 4. absol. or as pron. = such IV.
[c888ælfred Boeth. xxxviii. §1 Be swilcum & be swylcum þu miht onᵹitan þæt se cræft þæs lichoman bið on þa mode.] c1200Ormin 9381 All swillc & swillc comm Sannt Johan To shæwenn & to kiþenn. Ibid. 13935 Wel he wisste himm sellf forr whatt He nollde swillke chesenn. c1300Havelok 644 Al with suilk Shole we sone þe wel fede. a1340Hampole Psalter xxxix. 21 Swilk ere fikil louers and fals. c1400tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 50 To swilk..þat souereyn god iugys vnworthi & enemys. c1460Towneley Myst. xxviii. 333 Whils I am werere of swylke, the longere mercy may I call. 5. With one, none, another: = such 26–28. αc1200Ormin 11595 Þatt swillc an shollde muȝhenn beon Shippennd off alle shaffte. a1300Cursor M. 77 (Cott.) Suilk in herth es fundun nan. Ibid. 1942 For nakin schaunce Sal i ta suilk a noiþer wengance. Ibid. 18142 For þar mai be nanoþer suilk. c1400tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 107 If þou fynde non swylke. 1483Cath. Angl. 374/2 Swilkone,..talio. βa1300Siriz 245 For none selke werkes. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 15508 In al this world is non silke [rime mylke]. 6. With numeral, expressing multiplication: = such 32.
13..Evang. Nicod. 386 in Herrig Archiv LIII. 398 [It] es more syn þan swilk seuen. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 1886 Sum he losed of hys men, Bot the evil lost swilk ten. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 1196 Swylke seven clerkys hadde hee Undir hym as have ȝe. B. adv. So, likewise; as. Cf. such adv.
12..[see 2 above]. c1250Gen. & Ex. 143 Ðe mone is more bi mannes tale, Ðan al ðis erðe in werldes dale; And egest swilc ðe sunnes brigt, Is more ðanne ðe mones ligt. C. Comb.: swilk-like = such-like.
c1400tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 97 Chaterynge of bryddes, and swylk lyk souns. Ibid., A rappyngge togedre of stones, hewynge of wode, and swylk lyk. 1439Charters &c. of Edinb. (1871) 64 Payand yerly..swylk like annuales as thai dede to..Schir Robert. ▪ II. swilk, v. dial. [Echoic.] intr. To splash or dash about, as liquid. So ˈswilker v. dial.
1674Ray N.C. Words, To Swilker ore: to dash over. 1853Anna M. Howitt Art Student in Munich 198 The water dashed over the little raft, swilkering between the mighty stems. 1865Waugh Lanc. Songs 46 Th' owd lad he's fairly made 'em swilk. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., To Swilker, a provincialism for splashing about. |