gelic

From Proto-Germanic *galīkaz. Cognate with Old Frisian līk, Old Saxon gilīk, Old Dutch *gilīk, Old High German gilīh, Old Norse líkr, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (galeiks). Equivalent to ġe- +‎ līċ.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈliːt͡ʃ/

ġelīċ

1. 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.

   Þū cyst þīnne wer on þā weoloras. Iċ cysse his earsþȳrel. Ne sind wit nā ġelīc.

   You kiss your husband on the lips. I kiss his asshole. We are not the same.

   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.

   Eall nīetenu bēoþ ġelīc, ac sumu nīetenu bēoþ ġelīcran þonne ōðru.

   All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

   • 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.

• ġelīca
• ġelīċe
• ġelīcian
• unġelīċ

• līċ

• Middle English: ylike, ȝelic, ilike, yliche, iliche, elike
  • English: alike, like
  • Scots: ylike, ylyke, elike, elyke
  • Yola: alike