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ge-líca

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ge-líca, an; m : also ge-líce, an; f.
An equal; æqualis, par, æqualitas
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  • Nán man nis his gelíca on eorþan

    non sit ei similis in terra,

    • Job. Thw. 164, 17
    • .
  • Micel is ðæt ongin ðínre gelícan

    great is the attempt for thy equal [cf. Ger. für Deinesgleichen; colloquial English for the like of you],

    • Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 16
    • ;
    • Jul. 128
    • .
  • Nán þing nis ðín gelíca

    no thing is thine equal,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 74
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 37
    • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 576, 22
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. (his) iliche
:
O. H. Ger. (min) gilicho
.]
Linked entries
v.  un-gelíca.
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