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Ich vs Lich - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ich and lich

is that ich is bleeding inside the skull while lich is (archaic) a corpse or dead body.

ich

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ich, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), , (l)

Pronoun

(head)
  • (personal, obsolete) I.
  • * 1529 , John Skelton, Elynour Rummyng :
  • "Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"
  • * 1561 , John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondes :
  • My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, [...]
  • * 1568 , Thomas Howell, Arbor of Amitie :
  • With cap and knee, ich' will serve thee, what should ' ich more declare.
  • * 1645 , Thomas Davies, The Somersetshire Man's Complaint :
  • Dost thinke 'ch'ill labor to be poore, No no, '''ich''' haue a-doe..' Ich will a plundering too.
  • * 1706 , Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words :
  • Ich , a Word us'd for I in the Western Parts of England.

    Usage notes

    Ich'' was the form of ''I found in the dialects of the West Country, West Midlands, and Kent. It began to disappear from written English with the onset of the Chancery Standard in the 15th century, yet continued to see limited use through the middle of the 19th century. The Northern dialectal form, ik (which derives from the same Old English root), likewise disappeared from writing with the onset of the Chancery Standard in the 15th century.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (ichthyology) Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate .
  • * {{quote-book, 1996, Edward J. Noga, Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, publisher=Iowa State University Press (2000), pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=SAdDtT7YRRoC&pg=PA95&dq=ich, isbn=0-8138-2558-X, page=95
  • , passage=Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.}}

    lich

    English

    (wikipedia lich)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (archaic) A corpse or dead body.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1983 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Poul Anderson , title=Time Patrolman , chapter= , url= , genre=Sci-Fi , publisher= , isbn=9780812530766 , page= , passage=She saw him again that eventide, but then he was a reddened lich . }}
  • (fantasy, roleplay) A reanimated corpse or undead being.
  • *1974 , (Karl Edward Wagner), ‘Sticks’:
  • *:It was a lich ’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull.
  • Derived terms

    * lichgate * lych-gate ----