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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Evinlik(e, Ewynlik(e, adv. Also: evynlik, -lyke, ewyne-, ewynlyk. [ME. evenliche, OE. efenlíce.] Equally; evenly.1389 Wemyss Chart. 23.
This endenture, … euynlyke til all men wydin the seluyn berys wytnes c1420 Wynt. i. 568.
And all tyme that ile is sene Wytht gyrs growand ewynlyk grene Ib. iii. 23 (C).
Ayot … sa agil was in ficht That bath the left hande and the richt He ewynlik [W. evinlike] oyssit c1420 Ratis R. 406.
Do thow rycht sa, than ar ȝhe meit, Ewynlik as athir part of det
