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Middle English
Pronunciation
Adverb
gelice
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of yliche
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *galīkē, from Proto-Germanic *galīkê, from *galīkaz + *-ê. Compare also the formations at Proto-West Germanic *galīkō. By surface analysis, ġelīċ + -e.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ġelīċe
- in the same way, alike, similarly (+ dative: to)
- to the same degree, alike, equally
- likewise, also, too
Conjunction
ġelīċe
- in the same way as, just as
- (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