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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *galīk. Equivalent to ġe- + līċ. Cognate with Old Frisian gelīk, Old Saxon gilīk, Old Norse glíkr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ġelīċ (comparative ġelīcra, superlative ġelīċust or ġelīċost or ġelīċast or ġelīċest)
- like, similar; the same (meaning 'alike', not 'identical'), equal
- Handa and fēt bēoþ ġelīc.
- Hands and feet are similar.
- Hīe wǣron ġelīcran wildrum þonne mannum.
- They were more like wild animals than people.
- Fela sind weorolda, ac hīe ealla dǣlaþ ġelīcne heofon. Ān heofon, ān wyrd.
- There are many worlds, but they all share the same sky—one sky, one destiny.
- Life of St. Guthlac
- Sē līchama wæs slǣpendum menn ġelīcra þonne dēadum.
- The body looked more like a sleeping person than a dead one.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
- Būtan þām ǣhtum, ġelīċe sind þā þe biddaþ and þā þe hīe æt biddaþ.
- Apart from possessions, those who beg are the same as those they beg from.
- c. 893, King Alfred, Doom Book
- Ġeō wǣron manigu wītu māran þonne ōðru. Nū sind eall ġelīc.
- Before, many fines were greater than others. Now they are all equal.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Ealle menn hæfdon ġelīcne fruman, for þon hīe ealle cōmon of ānum fæder and of ānre mēder, and ealle hīe bēoþ ġīet ġelīċe ācennede.
- Everyone had the same origin, because we all came from one father and one mother, and to this day, all of us are still born equal.
Declension[edit]
Declension of ġelīċ — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | ġelīċ | ġelīċ, ġelīċu, ġelīċo | ġelīċ |
Accusative | ġelīcne | ġelīċe | ġelīċ |
Genitive | ġelīċes | ġelīcre | ġelīċes |
Dative | ġelīċum | ġelīcre | ġelīċum |
Instrumental | ġelīċe | ġelīcre | ġelīċe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | ġelīċe | ġelīċa, ġelīċe | ġelīċ, ġelīċu, ġelīċo |
Accusative | ġelīċe | ġelīċa, ġelīċe | ġelīċ, ġelīċu, ġelīċo |
Genitive | ġelīcra | ġelīcra | ġelīcra |
Dative | ġelīċum | ġelīċum | ġelīċum |
Instrumental | ġelīċum | ġelīċum | ġelīċum |
Declension of ġelīċ — Weak
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg- (like)
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