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lácnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lácnian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §536;
To heal, cure, tend, take care of, treat, dress(a wound)
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  • Ic lácnige

    medeor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33
      • ;
    • Som. 36, 47
      • .

  • Se lǽce ðonne hé on untíman lácnaþ wunde hió wyrmseþ

    secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt,

    • Past. 21, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 153, 3.

  • Ðæt lácnaþ ðone milte

    that heals the milt,

    • L. M. 2, 38
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 246, 11
      • .

  • Hé mid ælmessan sáwla lácnaþ,

    • Exon. 122 a
      • ;
    • Th. 467, 30
      • ;
    • Alm. 9
      • .

  • Betwyh ðon ðe hine mon lácnode

    inter medendum,

    • Bd. 4, 26
      • ;
    • S. 603, 15
      • .

  • Lácnode

    fomentat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 17
      • .

  • Lǽcnode,

    • 91, 39
      • .

  • Hé hine lácnude

    curam ejus egit,

    • Lk. Skt. 10, 34
      • .

  • Lécnade monigo

    curavit multos,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind, 1, 34
      • .

  • Ne ða wanhálan gé ne lácnedon

    neque ægras sanavistis,

    • L. Ecg. P. iii. 16
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 202, 26
      • .

  • Ðonne ðæt dolh open sý genial ða ylcan wyrte unsodene ... lácna ða wunde ðǽrmid ðonne byþ heó sóna hál

    when the incision (made by a snake) is open, take the same plant unsodden ... dress the wounds therewith; it will soon be well,

    • Herb. 90, 16
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 198, 16
      • .

  • Lácna mid ðý,

    • L. M. 1, 30
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 70, 19
      • .

  • Lá léce lécna ðec solfne

    medice cura te ipsum,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 4, 23
      • .

  • Cymeþ and lécnigaþ

    venite et curamini,

    • 13, 14
      • .

  • Ðonne sceal man mid cealdum lǽcedómum lácnian

    it must be cured with cold medicines,

    • L. M. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 22, 4
      • .

  • Ðan scealt ðú hine ðus lácnigean,

    • Lchdm. iii. 126, 12
      • .

  • Freónd ðe his gýmenne dyde and his wunda lácnian wolde

    amicos qui sui curam agerent,

    • Bd. 4, 22
      • ;
    • S. 591, 2
      • .

  • Ðis is þearf ðæt se se ðe wunde lácnian (Hatt. MS. lácnigean) wille géote wín on

    necesse est, ut, quisquis sanandis vulneribus praeest, in vino morsum doloris adhibeat,

    • Past. 17, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 124, 11
      • .

  • Se lácnigenda

    the physician,

    • 21, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 153, 4
      • .

  • Lácnod wæs fram his wundum

    curabatur a vulneribus,

    • Bd. 4, 16
      • ;
    • S. 584, 30
      • .
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. lechinen
:
Laym. lechinien (2nd MS. lechnie), lacnien (2nd MS. lechni)
:
A. R. lecnen
:
Piers P. lechnede (other MS. lechede), p.
:
Goth. lékinon, leikinon to cure, heal
:
O. L. Ger. lácnón mederi
:
Icel. lækna
:
O. H. Ger. láhinon mederi, fomentare, temperare.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-lácnian, lǽcnan; lǽce.
Linked entries
v.  lǽcnan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lácnian.” 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/20883.

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