eldertongue

Old English · noun

lichama

Normalised līchama

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈliːkˌxɑ.mɑ/
[ˈliːkˌhɑ.mɑ]
Syllables
ˈliːk · ˌxɑ · mɑ (3 syllables)
Modern English
body

Meaning

  1. body

    Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

    If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  2. trunk (of the body)

Declension

Declension of lichama
SingularPlural
Nominative līchamalīchaman
Accusative līchamanlīchaman
Genitive līchamanlīchamena
Dative līchamanlīchamum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, equivalent to līċ + hama. More details at English likam.

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