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Old English · adjective

ungelic

Normalised unġelīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈun.jeˌliːt͡ʃ/
Syllables
ˈun · je · ˌliːt͡ʃ (3 syllables)
Modern English
differentunalikeunlike

Meaning

  1. different

    Lēodum is mīnum swylċe him mon lāc ġife; willað hȳ hine āþeċġan, ġif hē on þrēat cymeð. Unġelīċ is us.

    It is to my folks, like a man will give 'em a gift; they wish to take him, if he will come to the crowd. It is different for us.

    c. 980, Wulf and Eadwacer:

Declension

Strong declension of ungelic
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative unġelīċunġelīċunġelīċuunġelīċounġelīċ
Accusative unġelīcneunġelīċeunġelīċ
Genitive unġelīċesunġelīcreunġelīċes
Dative unġelīċumunġelīcreunġelīċum
Instrumental unġelīċeunġelīcreunġelīċe
Plural
Nominative unġelīċeunġelīċaunġelīċeunġelīċunġelīċuunġelīċo
Accusative unġelīċeunġelīċaunġelīċeunġelīċunġelīċuunġelīċo
Genitive unġelīcraunġelīcraunġelīcra
Dative unġelīċumunġelīċumunġelīċum
Instrumental unġelīċumunġelīċumunġelīċum
Weak declension of ungelic
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative unġelīċaunġelīċeunġelīċe
Accusative unġelīċanunġelīċanunġelīċe
Genitive unġelīċanunġelīċanunġelīċan
Dative unġelīċanunġelīċanunġelīċan
Instrumental unġelīċanunġelīċanunġelīċan
Plural
Nominative unġelīċanunġelīċanunġelīċan
Accusative unġelīċanunġelīċanunġelīċan
Genitive unġelīcraunġelīċenaunġelīcraunġelīċenaunġelīcraunġelīċena
Dative unġelīċumunġelīċumunġelīċum
Instrumental unġelīċumunġelīċumunġelīċum

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- + ġelīċ. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Swedish olik.

Descendants

unalike, unlike

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