lácnung
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
Healing, cure, remedy, medicine
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Lácnung
medicamen,
- R. Ben:
medicamentum,
- Hpt. Gl. 478.
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On gódan lǽce biþ gelang seóces mannes lácnung
the sick man's cure depends on a good doctor,
- L. Pen, 1 ;
- Th. ii. 278, 4.
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Ða hé gehǽlde ðe lácnunga beþorftun
eos qui cura indigebant sanabat,
- Lk. Skt. 9, 11 .
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Gebéte wið hine ða wunde and begyte him ða lácnunge
componset ei vulnus, et sanationem ei comparet,
- L. Ecg. P. iv. 22 ;
- Th. ii. 210, 25
Etymology
O. E. Homl. hit (Christ's blood) beo mi lechnunge, i. 202, 16
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Jul. ne mahte he wið ute þe lechnunge of hire luue libbers, 7, 4
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Icel. lækning a cure, medicine; the art of healing
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Dan. lægning healing
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O. H. Ger. láchenunga medicine.
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Linked entries
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lǽcnung.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “lácnung.” 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/20885.
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