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ge-anlícian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to make like
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  • Se wyrttruma gehwylcne man him geanlícað,

      Lch. i. 318, 12.
  • Ic beó geanlícod (assimilabor) uiðerstígendum on seáðe, Ps. L. 27, l. Þe lǽs þe hé sig geanlícod þám hunde

    ne adsimuletur cani

    ,
      Ll. Th. ii. 136, 16.
  • Ic com yslum and axum geanlícod (

    I am become like dust and ashes

    , Job
      30, 19), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 13.
  • Is sǽd ꝥ hyre wyrttruma sý geanlícud þǽre nǽdran heáfde,

      Lch. i. 318, 9.
  • Ne mihte seó his swaðu nǽfre beón þǽm óðrum flórum geonlícod and gelíce gehíwad,

      Shrn. 80, 35.
to act towards a person as if he were another
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  • ꝥ hí sceoldon þone ylcan Ricgan geonlícian (ꝥ hí. . . geanlícodon, v. l.) þám cynge

    ipsum regem esse simulantes

    (cf. swilce hé hit sylf wǽre,
      Hml. Th. ii. 168, 14).
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  • ge-anlícian, v.