Old English · noun
gelica
Normalised ġelīca
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /jeˈliː.kɑ/
- Syllables
- je · ˈliː · kɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- equal
Meaning
-
an equal
Sē rīċa besihþ on his pællenum ġierelum and cwiþ, "Nis sē loddere mid his tættecum mīn ġelīca."
The rich man admires his expensive clothes and says, "That begger in his rags isn't my equal."
10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *galīkō, from *galīk (“alike, similar”) + *-ō. Equivalent to ġelīċ + -a.
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