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líc-tún

  • noun [ masculine ]
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líc-tún, es; m.
An enclosure in which to bury people, a grave-yard, cemetery
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  • Hí woldon ðæt heora líctún wǽre geseted

    cimeterium fieri vellent,

    • Bd. 4, 7
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    • S. 574, 37
    • :
    • Glostr. Frag. 8, 20
    • .
  • On ðæra bróðra líctune wæs bebyriged

    in cœmeterio fratrum sepultum est,

    • Bd. 3, 17
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    • S. 543, 46
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    • 4, 10
    • ;
    • S. 578, 2, 17, 28
    • :
    • Chart. Th. 157, 23
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  • Hé nǽfre binnan nánum gehálgodum líctúne ne licge

    let him never lie in a consecrated graveyard,

    • L. Ath. i. 25
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    • Th. i. 212, 20
    • :
    • L. C. E. 22
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    • Th. i. 372 35
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  • líc-tún, n.