Old English · adjective
gastlic
Normalised gāstlīċ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈɡɑːst.liːt͡ʃ/
- Syllables
- ˈɡɑːst · liːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- spiritualghostlysacred
Meaning
-
spiritual
þonne ealle þisse worulde wela · wēste stondeð;
A wise man must understand how spiritual it is when all wealth of this world stands empty;
Onġietan sċeal glēaw hæle · hū gǣstlīċ bið, -
holy, sacred
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | gāstlīċ | gāstlīċgāstlīċugāstlīċo | gāstlīċ |
| Accusative | gāstlīcne | gāstlīċe | gāstlīċ |
| Genitive | gāstlīċes | gāstlīcre | gāstlīċes |
| Dative | gāstlīċum | gāstlīcre | gāstlīċum |
| Instrumental | gāstlīċe | gāstlīcre | gāstlīċe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | gāstlīċe | gāstlīċagāstlīċe | gāstlīċgāstlīċugāstlīċo |
| Accusative | gāstlīċe | gāstlīċagāstlīċe | gāstlīċgāstlīċugāstlīċo |
| Genitive | gāstlīcra | gāstlīcra | gāstlīcra |
| Dative | gāstlīċum | gāstlīċum | gāstlīċum |
| Instrumental | gāstlīċum | gāstlīċum | gāstlīċum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | gāstlīċa | gāstlīċe | gāstlīċe |
| Accusative | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċe |
| Genitive | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan |
| Dative | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan |
| Instrumental | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan |
| Accusative | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan | gāstlīċan |
| Genitive | gāstlīcragāstlīċena | gāstlīcragāstlīċena | gāstlīcragāstlīċena |
| Dative | gāstlīċum | gāstlīċum | gāstlīċum |
| Instrumental | gāstlīċum | gāstlīċum | gāstlīċum |
All forms (12)
Etymology
From gāst + -līċ.
Descendants
ghostly
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