lǽce-wyrht
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Leech-work, medical treatment Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, þæt ne mihte nán lǽcewyrht áwiht gelíðian, þeah ðe heó gelóme tó geléd wǽre ( diu est quod molestia genu tumentis oppressus nulla cujuslibet medicorum industria possum sanari, Vit. Cuth,
lǽce-wyrt
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Add Abgarus wundrode ꝥ hé wearð gehǽled bútan lǽcewyrtum þurh ðæs Hǽlendes word, Hml. S. 24, 160
læpe-wince
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A lapwing Laepaeuincae, lepeuuince, laepiuince cucuzata Txts. 52, 264. v. hleápe-wince (of which læpewince seems the earliest form)
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lyb-lǽca
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Þá lyblǽccan and þá ðe manige galdor cunnon and þá ðe gelóme galaþ . . . þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan and gealdorcræftigan and lyblácan ne cumað nǽfre of þǽra wyrma seáðe, Nap. 43. Lyblaecan caragios, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 24. Add: —
mót-lǽðu
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Add: For the prevalence of the three-meetings-a-year practice see Grmm. R. A. 823, where is quoted 'tria plebiscita, quae dicuntur ungeboten.'
of-lǽte
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Add: <b>-lát</b> (?), e ; f. Add Noldest þú ná ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6. Add Hé sóna sealde mid his ágenre handa oflétan (ofenlǽtan, v. l. oblationem ), and bebeád: 'Gáð nú and dóð
scín-lǽca
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In l. 8 l. advexerint
blód-lǽte
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Blood-letting, bleeding Æt blódlǽtan, Lch. ii. 16, 8
earfoþ-lǽre
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Þá earfoðlǽran indisciplinatos, Chrd. 18, 6. Add
ǽ-lǽte
Desert, desolate
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Desert, desolate Oð ðæt heora burga weorðan ǽlǽte and weorðan heora eardas swýðe áwéste donec desolentur civitates absque habitatore, et domus sine homine, et terra relinquetur deserta, Wlfst. 47, 21
ǽ-lǽte
A desert
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A desert Ǽlǽtan (á-, Wrt.) deserta, s. vocata quae mm seruntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 14. Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12
ǽ-lǽte
A divorced woman
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A divorced woman Ne gewífige on gehálgodre nunnan ne on ǽlǽtan ǽnig crísten man, Wlfst. 271, 13: 308, 9: Ll. Th. i. 318, 18. Ǽlǽten, 364, 26
ful-lǽstan
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Ꝥte fulléste mé ut adiuuet me, Lk. R. 10, 40. Add
eáþ-lǽre
Easily taught, teachable ⬩ dŏcĭbĭlis
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Easily taught, teachable; dŏcĭbĭlis Ealleeáþlǽre beóþ Godes ĕrunt omnes dŏcĭbĭles Dei, Jn. Bos. 6, 45
lǽce-bóc
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A book on medicine, book of recipes Ðonne sceal him mon blód lǽtan on ðás wísan ðe ðeós lǽcebóc segþ then shall he be let blood in these ways that this book on medicine sayeth, L. M. cont. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 168, 12
lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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The art of medicine, a particular instance of the application of this art, a remedy, recipe, medicine 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
lǽce-feoh
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A physician's fee, money paid to a doctor Swá hwylc man swá óðrum wonwlite ongewyrce forgylde him ðone womwlite and his weorc wyrce óþ ðæt seó wund hál sig and ðæt lǽcefeoh ðam lǽce gylde, quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus
lǽce-hús
A hospital
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A hospital, a house where the sick are tended by a leech Hé hine gelǽdde on his lǽcehús [Lind. lécehús] and hine lácnude And brohte óðrum dæge twegen penegas and sealde ðam lǽce and ðus cwæþ Begým hys illum duxit in stabulum et curam ejus egit. Et altera
lǽce-wyrt
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a herb having medicinal virtue Se wísa Augustinus cwæþ ðæt unpleólíc sý ðeáh hwá lǽcewyrte þicge ac ðæt hé tælþ tó unálýfedlícere wiglunge gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge the learned Augustine said, that it is not dangerous
earfoþ-lǽre
Difficult to be taught, dull ⬩ diffĭcĭlis doctu
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Difficult to be taught, dull; diffĭcĭlis doctu Earfoþlǽran bróðru indŏcĭles fratres, Greg. Dial. 2, 3
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