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lǽce-cræft

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
lǽce-cræft, es; m.
The art of medicine, a particular instance of the application of this art, a remedy, recipe, medicine
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  • Swá gedéþ se lǽcecræft ðæt se mon biþ lǽce

    medicina medicos facit,

    • Bt. 16, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 31
      • .

  • Ic ðé wille nú secgan hwelc se lǽcecræft is mínre láre hé is swíðe biter on múþe

    I will now tell thee of what kind the medicine of my teaching is. It is very bitter in the mouth,

    • Bt. 22, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 76, 28
      • .

  • Ðes lǽcecræft ys áfandud

    this remedy is a proved one,

    • Herb. 183, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 320, 9
      • .

  • Brúce ðysses lǽcecræft[es]

    use this remedy,

    • Lchdm. iii. 126, 20
      • .

  • Ðis sceal ðan manna tó lǽcecræfte

    this shall be a remedy for the men,

    • 22.

  • Wé habbaþ hwæðere ða bysne on hálgum bócum ðæt mót se ðe wile mid sóðum lǽcecræfte his líchaman getemprian

    we have however the examples in holy books that he who will may cure his body with true leechcraft

      [cf.
    • wiccecræft 1. 22
      • ],
    • Homl. Th. i. 474, 34.

  • Lǽcecræftas and dolgsealfa and drencas wið eallum wundum

    medicines and unguents and potions for all wounds,

    • L. M. cont. 1, 38
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 8, 26
      • .

  • Lǽcecræftas be lifre ádlum

    recipes for diseases of the liver,

    • L. M. cont. 2, 17
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 160, 10
      • .

  • Be wylddeóra lǽcecræftum

    of medicines obtained from wild animals,

    • Lchdm. i. 326, 9
      • .

  • On ðissum ǽrestan lǽcecræftum gewritene sint lǽcedómas wið eallum heáfdes untrymnessum

    in these first recipes are written remedies for all infirmities of the head,

    • L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 18, 1
      • .
Etymology
[
Ne þurh nenne lǽchecræft ne mihte he lif habben, Laym. 7616
:
Þurrh Crisstenndomess læchecrafft, Orm. 1869: he ne secheð nout leche ne lechecraft, A. R. 178, 13
:
þe kyng lette do under lechecraft hem þat ywonded were, R. Glouc. 141, 6
:
lered lechecraft his lyf for to save, Piers P. 16, 104
:
Dan. læge-kraft healing power.
]
Similar entries
cf. lǽce-dóm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lǽce-cræft.” 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/20912.

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