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lyb-lác

  • noun [ neuter ]
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lyb-lác, es; n. m.
Sorcery, witchcraft, the art of using drugs or potions for the purpose of poisoning, or for magical purposes
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  • Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worulde ... lyblác ... scíncræft

    hæ sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... maleficium ... ars magica

    [cf. Gal. 5, 20 where Gothic has lubjaleisei = φαρμακεία, A. V. witchcraft],
      L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 34.

  • Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan gif ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón biþ on drý oððe on lybláce,

    • Lchdm. 1, 398, 3
      • .

  • Gif hí hwilc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneþ ðonne forbærnaþ hí sona eall his líc ðæt syndon ungefrægelícu lyblác

    if any man wants to catch them [certain fowls] or touches them, then at once they consume all his body: those are most extraordinary cases of witchcraft,

    • Nar. 34, 3
      • .

  • Wið ealra bealwa gehwylc ðara lybláca

    against every harm from sorceries,

    • Lchdm. i. 402, 11
      • .

  • Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum gif ðǽr man ácweald wǽre ...

    we have ordained concerning witchcrafts and sorceries, if in such cases anyone were killed...,

    • L. Ath. i. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 202, 10
      • .

  • Be liblácum. Ða ðe lyblác wyrcaþ sýn hí á fram ǽlcum Godes dǽle áworpene, búton hí tó rihtre dǽdbóte grecyrran,

    • L. Edm. E. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 246, 13-16
      • .

  • Bebeorh ðé wið lyblácas and áttorcræftas

    cave tibi a maleftciis et veneficiis

    [cf. ne unrihtlyblácas ne ongynne wé, Wulfst. 253, 11, MS. D.],
    • L. Ecg. C. prm
      • ;
    • Th. ii, 132 9
      • .
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unriht-lyblác
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lyb-lác.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21921.

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