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Old English · noun

licrest

Normalised līcrest

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈliːk.rest/
Syllables
ˈliːk · rest (2 syllables)
Modern English
tombvehiclebiercemetery

Meaning

  1. tomb

    An. DCCCC.LXXVII Hēr wæs þæt myċċle ġemōt æt Kyrtlingtūne ofer Ēastron, ⁊ þǣr forðferde Sidemann bisċeop, on hrǣdlīċan dēaþe on II Kƚ. Mai. Sē wæs Defnasċire bisċeop ⁊ hē wilnode þæt his līcræst sċeolde bēon æt Cridiantūne æt his bisċeopstōle.

    Year 977 In this year there was a great assembly after Easter at Kirtlington. There passed away Bishop Sideman, with a sudden death on the calends of March. He was bishop of Devonshire, and he desired that his tomb should be at his palace in Crediton.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  2. cemetery

  3. vehicle or bier used to carry a corpse

Declension

Declension of licrest
SingularPlural
Nominative līcrestlīcrestalīcreste
Accusative līcrestelīcrestalīcreste
Genitive līcrestelīcresta
Dative līcrestelīcrestum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Equivalent to līċ + rest.

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