different between lich vs lith

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lich, from Old English l??, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Norwegian lik, Swedish lik, Danish lig.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l?t?/
  • (West Country, possibly obsolete) IPA^(key): /lit?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

lich (plural liches)

1. (archaic) A corpse or dead body. [from 9th c.]
   • 1845, Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, page 35:

     […] and that, as the chronicle states, a lich-way would be made through then, assembled his servants, and attempted to stop its progress as it was carried over a bridge. A scuffle ensued, and the body was thrown into the water. The lich-way as not made ; but the Bishop of Exeter amply revenged himself for the proceedings.
2. (fantasy, roleplay) A reanimated corpse or undead being, particularly a still-intelligent undead spellcaster.
   • 1974, Karl Edward Wagner, ‘Sticks’:

     It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull.

Derived terms

• lichgate
• lych-gate

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English l?ke, l?ch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly.

Adjective

lich (comparative more lich, superlative most lich)

1. (obsolete) Like; resembling; equal.
   • 1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis.

     Anon he let two cofres make / Of one semblance, and of one make, / So lich, that no lif thilke throwe, / That one may fro that other knowe.

   • [He] rather joy'd to be than seemen sich, For both to be and seeme to him was labour lich.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English l??, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Noun

lich (plural lichs)

1. A body.
   • 1362, William Langland, Piers Plowman, XI.2:

     A wyf […] Þat lene was of lich and of louh chere.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ix/

Noun

lich f

1. genitive plural of licha

Noun

lich n

1. genitive plural of licho

Further reading

• lich in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /li?/

Etymology 1

From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic liður (“item”), Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”) and gelid (“joint, rank, file”), German Glied (“limb, member, link”).

Alternative forms

• lythe (15th century)

Noun

lith (plural liths)

1. (Britain dialectal) A limb; any member of the body.
2. (Britain dialectal) A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
3. (Scotland) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.

Derived terms

• lithy

Etymology 2

From Middle English lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?lewd?- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), Old English l?ode (“people”). More at lede.

Noun

lith (uncountable)

1. Property.

Etymology 3

From *Middle English lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlid? (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“to conceal, hide”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian lid, led (“an opening in a fence”), Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), Old English hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”). More at lid.

Noun

lith (plural liths)

1. (Britain dialectal) A gate; a gap in a fence.

Etymology 4

By shortening.

Noun

lith (plural liths)

1. (sciences, informal) coccolith

Anagrams

• Hilt, hilt

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lith

1. Alternative form of light

Etymology 2

Noun

lith

1. Alternative form of lyth

Scots

Etymology

From Old English liþ, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l??]

Noun

lith (plural liths)

1. (anatomy) limb, member
2. (anatomy) joint
3. (of an orange, apple, onion, etc.) segment, division
4. joint, slice, segment
5. one of the rings at the base of a cow's horn

Verb

lith (third-person singular present liths, present participle lithin, past lithit, past participle lithit)

1. to disjoint, sever the joints of, dislocate
2. to wring a hen's neck

Yapese

Verb

lith

1. to cook