Etymology

As lyk, with preservation of the prefix < OE ge-.

PGmc Ancestor

*(ga)līka-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

líkr ‘like, alike’; cp. líka, glíka (adv.) 'also'
(ONP glíkr (adj.); cp. líka (1) (adv.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far líkur, Icel líkur, Norw lik, Dan lig, Sw lik

OE Cognate

gelīc (adj.) ‘like, alike’; gelīce 'similarly'

Phonological and morphological markers

[absence of palatalization of */k/] (possibly diagnostic)

Summary category

CCC2c

Attestation

See lyk.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 340, 536, 560 etc.

Bibliography

MED ilīche (adv.), OED ylike (adv.), Dance lyk, Bj. 147n.2