"lic" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /liːt͡ʃ/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką. Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*leyg-|id=like}}, {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*līk}} Proto-West Germanic *līk, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*līką}} Proto-Germanic *līką Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=līċ|sort=}} līċ n, {{ang-noun|n|head=līċ}} līċ n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|līċ|līc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|līċ|līc|līċ|līc|līċes|līca|līċe|līcum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: līċ [canonical, neuter], strong [table-tags], līċ [nominative, singular], līc [nominative, plural], līċ [accusative, singular], līc [accusative, plural], līċes [genitive, singular], līca [genitive, plural], līċe [dative, singular], līcum [dative, plural]
  1. dead body, corpse Categories (topical): Body, Death
    Sense id: en-lic-ang-noun-hXDF~fhR Disambiguation of Body: 53 47 0 Disambiguation of Death: 70 30 0 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 73 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 14 14
  2. (rare outside of poetry) body (living or dead) Categories (topical): Body
    Sense id: en-lic-ang-noun-ljlq2GIW Disambiguation of Body: 53 47 0
  3. form
    Sense id: en-lic-ang-noun-Bzl9Yz8l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hrǣw Derived forms: ġelīċ (english: like, similar), -līċ (english: -y, -ly, -like; adjective-forming suffix:), līchama [body, anatomy, medicine, sciences], līcian (english: to please,; to like) [impersonal], līctūn (english: cemetery), līcþeġnung (english: funeral), līcþēote (english: pore)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "like, similar",
      "word": "ġelīċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "-y, -ly, -like; adjective-forming suffix:",
      "word": "-līċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "body",
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "līchama"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to please,; to like",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ],
      "word": "līcian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "cemetery",
      "word": "līctūn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "funeral",
      "word": "līcþeġnung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pore",
      "word": "līcþēote"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "lich"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "id": "like"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
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      },
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką.",
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    {
      "form": "līċ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "līċ",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "līċ n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "līċ"
      },
      "expansion": "līċ n",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "līċ",
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      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līċ",
        "2": "līc",
        "3": "līċ",
        "4": "līc",
        "5": "līċes",
        "6": "līca",
        "7": "līċe",
        "8": "līcum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "70 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Body",
          "orig": "ang:Body",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "ang:Death",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Oga said he knew where the body was buried.",
          "text": "Ōga cwæþ þæt hē wisse hwǣr þæt līċ bebyrġed wǣre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dead body, corpse"
      ],
      "id": "en-lic-ang-noun-hXDF~fhR",
      "links": [
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "corpse",
          "corpse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Body",
          "orig": "ang:Body",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Didn't I say before that if you want to feel someone's bare body, you have to feel it with your bare hands?",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nHū, ne sæġde iċ ǣr þæt sē þe bær līċ ġefrēdan wolde, þæt hē hit sċolde mid barum handum ġefrēdan?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "body (living or dead)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lic-ang-noun-ljlq2GIW",
      "links": [
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "rare outside of poetry",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare outside of poetry) body (living or dead)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "form"
      ],
      "id": "en-lic-ang-noun-Bzl9Yz8l",
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hrǣw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lic"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg- (like)",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Body",
    "ang:Death"
  ],
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      "english": "like, similar",
      "word": "ġelīċ"
    },
    {
      "english": "-y, -ly, -like; adjective-forming suffix:",
      "word": "-līċ"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "body",
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "līchama"
    },
    {
      "english": "to please,; to like",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ],
      "word": "līcian"
    },
    {
      "english": "cemetery",
      "word": "līctūn"
    },
    {
      "english": "funeral",
      "word": "līcþeġnung"
    },
    {
      "english": "pore",
      "word": "līcþēote"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką.",
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    {
      "form": "līċ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċ",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "līc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "līċ",
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        "3": "līċ",
        "4": "līc",
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        "num": "",
        "title": "",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Oga said he knew where the body was buried.",
          "text": "Ōga cwæþ þæt hē wisse hwǣr þæt līċ bebyrġed wǣre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dead body, corpse"
      ],
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        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
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          "corpse",
          "corpse"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Didn't I say before that if you want to feel someone's bare body, you have to feel it with your bare hands?",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nHū, ne sæġde iċ ǣr þæt sē þe bær līċ ġefrēdan wolde, þæt hē hit sċolde mid barum handum ġefrēdan?",
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        }
      ],
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        "body (living or dead)"
      ],
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        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare outside of poetry) body (living or dead)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "form"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hrǣw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lic"
}

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