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
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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 -
cemetery
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vehicle or bier used to carry a corpse
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Equivalent to līċ + rest.
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