The story
- Old English · derived fromlic“corpse”
- English todayLychpit
From lych + pit, lych being from Old English lic (“corpse”), so it probably refers to a burial pit.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lychpit
Today it means: A modern suburb in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6653). Full definition →
Old English lic