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Old English · adjective

sælic

Normalised sǣlīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈsæːˌliːt͡ʃ/
Syllables
ˈsæː · ˌliːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
maritimemarine

Meaning

  1. 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

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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