"lich" meaning in Middle English

See lich in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: lichs [plural]
Etymology: From Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“alike, similar”). Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*leyg-|id=like}}, {{inh|enm|ang|līċ}} Old English līċ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*līk}} Proto-West Germanic *līk, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*līką}} Proto-Germanic *līką, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*leyg-||alike, similar|id=like}} Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“alike, similar”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} lich, {{enm-noun}} lich (plural lichs)
  1. A body. Synonyms: lik
    Sense id: en-lich-enm-noun-5ak38KV3 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 4 10 50 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 3 14 46 3 3
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            "2": "lich"
          },
          "expansion": "English: lich",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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            "3": "lich"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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    },
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        "3": "līċ"
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      "expansion": "Old English līċ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*līk"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *līk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "form": "lichs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "enm",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "ref": "1362, William Langland, Piers Plowman, XI.2:",
          "text": "A wyf […] Þat lene was of lich and of louh chere.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A body."
      ],
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        }
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    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *līk",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*līką"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *līką",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "alike, similar",
        "id": "like"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“alike, similar”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“alike, similar”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lichs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
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        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg- (like)",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
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        {
          "ref": "1362, William Langland, Piers Plowman, XI.2:",
          "text": "A wyf […] Þat lene was of lich and of louh chere.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A body."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "lik"
    }
  ],
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}

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