lekamen

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === lekamen m definite singular of lekam == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish līkami, līkamber, from Old Norse líkami, líkamr, from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô. Cognate with Icelandic líkami, Danish legeme, Dutch lichaam, German Leichnam. The final -n originally comes from the definite article. === Noun === lekamen c (archaic, uncountable) body ==== Usage notes ==== Although archaic, this word persists in certain religious phrasing, such as Kristi lekamen (“the Body of Christ”). ==== Declension ==== === References === “lekamen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) lekamen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === kamelen