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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1456, 1515-1548
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Helplik(e, -lyke, a. [Not recorded in Eng. use.] Affording help, helpful, serviceable.a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 871.
Quhen he suld eyther do or say … helplyk thing 1416 Red Bk. Menteith I. 286.
The kyng of Ingillande wile be to vs gracious & helplik ?1438 Alex. i. 1570.
He was richt help-like into were ?1438 Ib. 2676. 1456 Hay I. 170/23.
For sik a gude man in bataill is mare helplyke … na as a thousand sik othir c1515 Asloan MS I. 228/17.
[The] abbot of Paslay, … , ane richt gud man and helplyke to the place 1456 Misc. Bann. C. III. 100.
He to be gud, trayst, and helplyk freynd til his moder 1535 Stewart 35050.
Helplike he wes to euerie man in neid 1548 Acts II. 481/2.
To aide … and defend … this tender princes … as propiciant and helplyke brother
