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English
Etymology
From lich (“corpse”) + yard.
Noun
lichyard (plural lichyards)
- (literary) A graveyard.
1893, Anne Reeve Aldrich, “A Ballad of Slumber”, in Nadine and Other Poems, page 20:The last sleep that my love slept
Shall last till Judgment Day,
In corner of the lichyard close,
'Neath drooping boughs of May.
- 1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones, Bantam Specta, US (1996), →ISBN, Voyager Books, UK (1996), →ISBN Chapter 53, "Bran", unumbered page:
- Beneath the shadow of the First Keep was an ancient lichyard, its headstones spotted with pale lichen, where the old Kings of Winter had laid their faithful servants.
1999, George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam Spectra, published 2000, →ISBN:Mikken lay buried in the lichyard, and the new smith was capable of little more than nails and horseshoes.
2008, Jay Lake, Escapement, Tor Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 157:Stands of trees teeming with barking animals would be quiet as lichyards when he passed them again.
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