Old English · noun
gelicnes
Normalised gelīcnes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈliːk.nes/
- Syllables
- je · ˈliːk · nes (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- likenesssimilarityparable
Meaning
-
similarity, likeness
Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 5:1
God made man in God's image
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image
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parable
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gelīcnes | ġelīcnessaġelīcnesse |
| Accusative | ġelīcnesse | ġelīcnessaġelīcnesse |
| Genitive | ġelīcnesse | ġelīcnessa |
| Dative | ġelīcnesse | ġelīcnessum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī. Equivalent to ġelīc (“like, similar”) + -nes (“-ness”).
Descendants
likeness
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