gelice

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jəˈliːt͡ʃ(ə)/

Adverb

gelice

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of yliche

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *galīkē, from Proto-Germanic *galīkê, from *galīkaz + *. Compare also the formations at Proto-West Germanic *galīkō. By surface analysis, ġelīċ + -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈliː.t͡ʃe/

Adverb

ġelīċe

  1. in the same way, alike, similarly (+ dative: to)
  2. to the same degree, alike, equally
  3. likewise, also, too

Conjunction

ġelīċe

  1. in the same way as, just as
  2. (with a hypothetical clause) just as if

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: yliche, ylyche, iliche, ilyche, ylike, ylyke, ilyke, ileche, eliche, elyche, yeliche, ilice, ȝelice, gelice, ilike, illike, elike, ylyk, elyk
    • English: alike
    • Scots: ylike, ylyke, elike, elyke
    • Yola: alike
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