A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Life-,) Lyflyk(e, a. Also: liflike, lyiflyk, life-lile. [Cf. Lif(e)ly(e and e.m.E. live-like (1613) likely to live, (1614) life-like.] a. Life-like, true-to-life, realistic (images). b. ? Living, in life. c. Lively in appearance, full of vitality. —1513 Doug. vi. xv. 3.
Pepil of othir realmys … Bene … mar sle To forge and kerf lyflyke [R. liflike; Sm. lyflyk] staturis of bras a1568 Bann. MS. 220 a/5.
Off lyiflyk lufe suppois I be [nocht] sure Quhay wat na God may me sum succur send 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 413.
Faith and love that, when threshed by God Himself, doth yet look warm-like, love-like, kind-like and life-like, home-over to Christ
