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the like of another (gen. or possessive pronoun),
one that has the same characteristics as another.
of persons
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  • Hwæt wǽron hí búton fearra gelícan, þá ðá hí heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon?,

      Hml. Th. i. 522, 24.

  • Sindon hiora gelícan forgitene,

      Met. 10, 59.

  • Habban þíne ǽhta þíne gelícan,

      Hml. S. 2, 176.

  • Tó Ðeódríce and tó Neróne and tó manegum hecra gelícum, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 1. (1 a) the like of a person, such a person as (depreciatory) :-- Hwylc eom ic, ꝥ ic ǽfre þus his gelícan (þyslicum men, v. l.) þeówie

    quis sum ego, ut isti serviam?,

      Gr. D. 144, 10.
of things
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  • Níð . . . stala . . . gálscipe . . . and fela óþre þyssa gelícan (

    multae aliae harum similes

    ),
      Ll. Th. ii. 174, 35.
an equal, a peer. Cf. ge-líc;
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  • Hit is ungecyndelicu ofermódgung ðæt se monn wilnige ðæt hine his gelíca ondrǽde

    contra naturam est superbire ab aequali velle timeri,

      Past. 109, 12.

  • Nis nán wífhádes mann hire gelíca,

      Hml. Th. ii. 10, 12.

  • Nán mihtigra þé nis, ne nán þín gelíca,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 11, 19.

  • Hé næfð nǽnne rícran, ne furþum nǽnne gelícan,

      42; F. 258, 5.

  • Þæt hié (

    the Romans) swá heáne hié geþóhten þæt hí (the Carthaginians) heora (the Romans )

    gelícan wurden,
      Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 18.

  • Ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena,

      Ll. Th. i. 154, 8.

  • Hé mǽðe cann on mannum, ge on his gelícum ge on lǽssum mannum,

      Wlfst. 58, 4.
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v. efen-gelíca, un-gelíca.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-líca.” 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/48646.

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