Obs. Only in the early forms: 3 eilich, 4 aghlich. [f. AWE sb.1: see -LY1; the earlier eilich:—OE. *ęʓelíc, cogn. w. OHG. egilîh, MHG. egelîch. Cf. OE. ęʓeslíc, EE. eislich.] Awful, dreadful, terrible.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 5. Þat oðer tocume of ure louerd … ô domes dai . is swiðe eiliche.
c. 1340. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 136. An aghlich mayster.
