lich

At the entrance to the graveyard is the lich-gate and mortuary, where many wrecked seamen were taken for burial.

Nest lich nan ne gurde hire wi na cunne gurdles : bute urh schriftes leaue.

She referred to the thick, solid, stone wall enclosing the grounds, and the beautiful lich-gate that stood over the entrance.

By a little judicious elbowing, Dorothy managed to secure a place where she had a tolerable view of the path and the lich-gate.

Lych is the Saxon word for a dead body, from which Lich-field, “the field of dead bodies,” is derived.