An archaic or obsolete adjective meaning 'godly' or 'divine,' used in Middle English.
From 'gode' (archaic god) plus '-lich' or '-ly' (Old English -lic, meaning like or having the quality of). This represents the medieval form of what became modern English '-like' or '-ly.'
The suffix '-lich' evolved into both '-like' and '-ly' in modern English—'godelich' is what 'godly' used to look like, showing how morphemes transform across centuries while keeping their essential meaning.
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