Definitions for lych

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lych lych

Spelling: [lich]

IPA: /lɪtʃ/

Lych is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in lych (chly).

Definitions for lych

noun

1. British Obsolete. lich.
2. the body; the trunk.
3. a dead body; corpse.

Origin of lych

before 900; Middle English liche body (alive or dead), Old English līc; cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Old Norse līk, Gothic leik. See like¹

Examples for lych

The lych Way is still much used for bringing in turf, and for the driving out and back of cattle.

Another relic of this time is the panel of carved oak in the lych gate of St. Giles', Bloomsbury, dated 1638.

lych is the Saxon word for a dead body, from which Lich-field, “the field of dead bodies,” is derived.

They came to the lych gate, and the crowd jostled itself in its admiration.