Ge-lícian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-lícian

p. ode. I. to make like or to be like, (1) to imitate. Cf. ge-líc; I:--Tó gelícanne ad imitandum, Rtl. 22, 36. Haedno forebeádend gelícad gentiles prohibens imitandos, Mk. p. 4, 15. (2) to liken, compare. Cf. ge-líc; IV:--Geefned bið l gelíced bið assimilabitur, Mt. L. 7, 24. [Goth. ga-leikón (with or without sik) to be like, imitate; to liken, compare: O. H. Ger. ge-líhhen assimilare.] II. to like (N. E. D. like to seem, lock like), seem likely. Cf. ge-líc; VI:--Þá geceás hé him áne burg wið þone sǽ, Bizantium wæs hátenu, tó ðon þæt him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban, and eác ꝥ hié þǽr gehendaste wǽren on gehwelc lond þonan tó winnanne maritimam urbem, Byzantium, aptissimam judicavit, ut receptaculum sibi terra marique fieret, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 6. ge-lician