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ge-lícian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-lícian, p. ode.
to make like or
to be like,
to imitate. Cf. ge-líc;
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  • Tó gelícanne

    ad imitandum,

      Rtl. 22, 36.
  • Haedno forebeádend gelícad

    gentiles prohibens imitandos,

      Mk. p. 4, 15.
to liken, compare. Cf. ge-líc;
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  • Geefned bið ł gelíced bið

    assimilabitur,

      Mt. L. 7, 24.
  • [Goth. ga-leikón (with or without sik) to be like, imitate; to liken, compare: O. H. Ger. ge-líhhen assimilare.]
to like (v.
N. E. D. like to seem, lock like), seem likely. Cf. ge-líc;
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  • Þá geceás hé him áne burg wið þone sǽ, Bizantium wæs hátenu, tó ðon þæt him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban, and eác ꝥ hié þǽr gehendaste wǽren on gehwelc lond þonan tó winnanne

    maritimam urbem, Byzantium, aptissimam judicavit, ut receptaculum sibi terra marique fieret,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 6.
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