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ge-líc

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-líc, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §218; §260; §560; §574; §634;
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  • 'Ic nát nánwiht Godes gelíces (

    Deo simile)' . . . 'Ic wondrie þín, hwí þú secge þæt þú Gode náwiht gelíces nyte (nihil te nosse Deo simile )

    '. . . Gyf ic wiht him gelíces wiste, ic wolde þat lufian,
      Solil. H. 15, 13-19.

  • Næfð hé náht men gelíces

    de homine nihil habet,

      Gr. D. 46, 28.

  • Næfdon hé máre monnum gelíces ðonne ingeþonc,

      Met. 26, 93.

  • Nánne mon ne lyst nánes ðinges búton goodes, oððe hwæshwegu ðæs þe goode gelíc biþ. Maniges þinges hí wilniaþ þe full gód ne biþ, ac hit hæfþ ðeáh hwæthwegu gelíces goode,

      Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 33.

  • Þisses fugles gecynd fela gelíces beácnað,

      Ph. 387.
a similitude, parable
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  • Ꝥ gelíc getimbrendes torres gesceádeð

    similitudinem aedificandae turris exponii,

      Lk. p. 8, 14.
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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/48644.

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  • ge-líc, n.; adj.

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