Old English · adjective
sælic
Normalised sǣlīċ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈsæːˌliːt͡ʃ/
- Syllables
- ˈsæː · ˌliːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- maritimemarine
Meaning
-
of the sea; marine, maritime
On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.
On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves of the sea into its own place.
c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sǣlīċ | sǣlīċsǣlīċusǣlīċo | sǣlīċ |
| Accusative | sǣlīcne | sǣlīċe | sǣlīċ |
| Genitive | sǣlīċes | sǣlīcre | sǣlīċes |
| Dative | sǣlīċum | sǣlīcre | sǣlīċum |
| Instrumental | sǣlīċe | sǣlīcre | sǣlīċe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sǣlīċe | sǣlīċasǣlīċe | sǣlīċsǣlīċusǣlīċo |
| Accusative | sǣlīċe | sǣlīċasǣlīċe | sǣlīċsǣlīċusǣlīċo |
| Genitive | sǣlīcra | sǣlīcra | sǣlīcra |
| Dative | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum |
| Instrumental | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sǣlīċa | sǣlīċe | sǣlīċe |
| Accusative | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċe |
| Genitive | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan |
| Dative | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan |
| Instrumental | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan |
| Accusative | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan | sǣlīċan |
| Genitive | sǣlīcrasǣlīċena | sǣlīcrasǣlīċena | sǣlīcrasǣlīċena |
| Dative | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum |
| Instrumental | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum | sǣlīċum |
All forms (12)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *saiwilīk, equivalent to sǣ + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German sēolīh (“marine, maritime”).
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