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PARTIAL ENGLISH COVERAGE · FULL CORPUS REMAINS LOCAL4 source sections across 2 headwords matching “Lich”. These are separate from the reviewed results below.
LichEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From lich, the supernatural entity. From being a neutron star, a "dead" star, a star that no longer contains a fusion core, but which is radiating away its stored energy.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗LichEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Borrowed from German Lich.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗lichEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līką Proto-West Germanic *līk Old English līċ Middle English lich English lich Inherited from Middle English lich, from Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗lichEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English līke, līch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly and -lich.
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024010
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dissertation3 CLAIM LINKS
Lichaam, eer en recht in middeleeuws Friesland
J. A. Nijdam / 2008
title prefixAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical text edition2 CLAIM LINKS
Tatian: Lateinisch und altdeutsch mit ausführlichem Glossar, 2nd ed. — section 72, p. 96
Eduard Sievers (editor) / 1892
source titleAUDIT EVERY USE ↗053
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SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
Old Dutch Willeram, beloved companion and friend
friunt / vriend / circa 1100, source-reported
Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands — vriendwitness excerpt / OPEN RECORD ↗SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
Early New High German proverb record
Haß / hasz / Hass / 1560
Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm — hasz, m.witness excerpt / OPEN RECORD ↗SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
Old High German Tatian, weeds parable
fīant / fīant / ninth-century Old High German Tatian; edited text
Tatian: Lateinisch und altdeutsch mit ausführlichem Glossar, 2nd ed. — section 72, p. 96reporting source / OPEN RECORD ↗06
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