[Y- 4], likened.
1340. Ayenb., 234. No þing ne is worþi to be ylykned to þe chaste herte.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XVII. 265. Ypocrisie is … ylikned in latyn to a lothliche dounghep.
1422. Yonge, trans. Secr. Secr., lviii. 228. They bene folis y-lykenyd to assis.
Ylikewise, adv. = ALIKEWISE: cf. YLIKE a.
1460. Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889), 305. And of fysherys ylykewis for the fysch.
Ylin(c)ked [Y- 4], linked.
a. 1565. Sir T. Challoner, in Q. Eliz., Boeth., etc. 156/56. What ere thow be that thinges ylynked hast In league so olde.
1590. [see LINKED ppl. a.].
Yliþe v. [Y- 3 c, LITHE v.3], to hearken, listen.
a. 1300. K. Horn (Harl MS.), 2. Alle heo ben blyþe Þat to my Song ylyþe.
