a. and sb. Obs. Forms: 1 anlíc, 2–4 anlich, 4 anlyk. [OE. anlíc, f. AN- pref. 1, on, unto, to + líc body, shape; cogn. w. Goth. analeik, ON. álík; the latter, with OE. ʓelíc, gave ALIKE, LIKE; anlike became obs. in 14th c.]
A. adj. Like, similar, alike.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xviii. 23. Forðam ys heofena rice ánlic ðam cyninge.
c. 1160. Hatton G., ibid. Forþam vs heofene riche anlich þam kyninge.
1340. Ayenb., 186. Þe oþre þet is him anlich ine kende. Ibid., 227. Þet stat makeþ þane þet hit wel lokeþ anlyke to þe angles of heuene.
B. sb. [The adj. used absol.; cf. mod. ‘his like.’] A fellow-creature; also, a likeness or image.
1340. Ayenb., 145. Ech best ase zayþ salamouns [Ecclus. xiii. 19] loueþ his anliche. Ibid., 233. Ine zuyche manyere is Godes anlyche volveld ine manne.
