Ac shrift of mouth moore worthi is, If man be y-liche contrit; For shrift of mouthe sleeth synne, Be it never so dedly.
But alle freres eten nought Y-liche good mete, But after that his wynnyng is Is his wel-fare, And after that he bringeth hom His bed shal ben graythed, 1460 And after that his richesse is raught He shal ben redy served.
For thorugh that synne thi sone Sent was to this erthe, 3460 And bicam man of a maide, Mankynde to save: And madest thiself with thi sone And us synfulle y-liche Faciamus hominem ad imaginem nostram.
And forto kepe in remembrance, This faire ymage mayden liche With compaignie noble and riche 3650 With torche and gret sollempnite.
And that was sene upon the riche: For he ne wolde unto his liche 1120 A Crumme yiven of his bred, Thanne afterward, whan he was ded, A drope of water him was werned.
Thus stant Envie in good espeir To ben himself the develes heir, As he which is his nexte liche And forthest fro the heveneriche, 3150 For there mai he nevere wone.
Abouten, it was founded squar, An hundred fadome on every syde, It was al liche longe and wyde.
Therwith she was alway so trewe, Our Ioye was ever y-liche newe; Our hertes wern so even a payre, That never nas that oon contrayre 1290 To that other, for no wo.
Not licheto the apostles twelve, They deceyve other and hem-selve; Bigyled is the gyler than.
Than sheweth it that men ben licheunto goddes, and children of moost heyght.
The corrections bet, offers, and erðliche are due to Mätzner.
He demed alle the coles y-liche good, For of the sleighte he no-thing understood.
Who sholde make a demonstracioun, That every man sholde have y-liche his part 2225 As of the soun or savour of a fart?
On Tuesday the 24th of March, the Marquesa deLiche visited me, who had not made a visit before in seven years.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "liche" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
