gelic
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
- 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