lictun

Old English

Etymology

From līċ (“body”) +‎ tūn (“enclosure, yard”). Compare Old High German līhhof (“cemetery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːkˌtuːn/

Noun

līctūn m

1. graveyard, cemetery

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	līctūn	līctūnas
accusative	līctūn	līctūnas
genitive	līctūnes	līctūna
dative	līctūne	līctūnum

Descendants

• Middle English: litton, lytton, letton