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ge-líc

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-líc, comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre; superl. -lícost, -lícast, -lícust; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §218; §260; §560; §574; §634;
Like, alike, similar, equal; sĭmĭlis, æquālis
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  • Næs se wæstm gelíc

    the fruit was not alike,

      Cd. 23; Th. 30, 13; Gen. 466 : Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 17 : Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 21; Gn. Ex. 19.

  • Heofena ríce is geworden gelíc senepes corne

    sĭmĭle est regnum cælōrum grāno sināpis,

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 31, 33 : 22, 2
      • :
    • Lk. Bos. 13, 18, 19, 20, 21
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 48, 12, 21
      • .

  • Ealle men hæfdon gelícne fruman

    all men had a like beginning,

    • Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 7
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 988
      • ;
    • An. 494
      • .

  • Ic ðé mæg andreccan sprǽce gelíce [MS. gelícne]

    I can relate to thee a similar tale,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 4
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 2
      • .

  • Ic ǽnig ne métte wið ðé gelíc

    I have not met any like unto thee,

    • Exon. 73 b; Th. 275, 13
      • ;
    • Jul. 549
      • .

  • Ealle hí beóþ gelíce acennede

    they are all born alike,

    • Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 9
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 4334
      • ;
    • B. 2164
      • .

  • Wirc ðé twá stǽnene tabulan ðám óðrum gelíce

    præcĭde tibi duas tăbŭlas lăpĭdeas instar priōrum,

    • Ex. 34; 1
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 65, 5
      • .

  • Se líchoma wæs slǽpendum men gelícra ðonne deádum

    the body was more like a sleeping than a dead man,

    • Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 16
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 88, 5
      • .

  • Gelícre

    similior,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 5
      • .

  • Slǽp biþ deáþe gelícost

    sleep is most like death,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 624
      • ;
    • Sal. 311
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 25, 36
      • ;
    • Met. 25, 18 : 26, 176
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 88
      • .

  • Réce hí gelícast ricene geteoriaþ

    sīcut defĭcit fūmus, defĭciant,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 2 : 102, 5
      • .

  • Ís byþ gimmum gelícust

    ice is most like gems,

    • Runic pm. 11
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. i, 135, 21
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 341, 17
      • .

  • Didimus ðæt ys Gelýcost on ure geðeóde

    Didimus, that is in our language twin,

    • Jn. 20, 24 : 21, 2
      • .
Etymology
[
Chauc. ilik
:
Goth. ga-leiks
:
O. Sax. gi-lík
:
O. Icel. glíkr
:
O. H. Ger. ge-lich
:
Ger. gleich
.]
Linked entries
v.  an-gelíc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-líc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14982.

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