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scyld-lǽta

Similar entry: scyld-hǽta

ge-lǽte

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Gif hwá gǽð út on strǽte oððe gǽð sittan æt wega gelǽtan ( in biuiis residere temptauerit ), Chrd. 61, 6. Add

blód-læswu

(n.)
Grammar
blód-læswu, e; f.

A blood-lettingsanguinis emissio

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A blood-letting; sanguinis emissio Frægn se bisceop hwonne hire blódlæswu ǽrest wǽre the bishop asked when was first her blood-letting, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 12, 15. On ðære blódlæswe in the blood-letting, 5, 3; S. 616, 5

Linked entry: lǽs

ge-lǽfa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lǽfa, an; m.

Belieffaithfĭdes

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Belief, faith; fĭdes He wolde ðone Cristes gelǽfan gerihtan he would set right the faith of Christ, Chr. 680; Erl. 41, 14

scín-lǽce

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, an; f.
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A woman who practises magic, a sorceress Ðá cwǽdon Rómware ðæt heó wǽre drýegge and scínlǽce, Shrn. 56, 13

eáþ-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-lǽce, -lǽcne (-lác-); adj.
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Easy to cure Biþ hé þý eáðlǽcra ( printed -na) . . . hit bið þe uneáþlǽcra, Lch. ii. 258, 26. Biþ hit þý eáþlácre, 260, 2. Bið ꝥ eáðlǽcnere, 284, 23, 29. v. un-eáþlǽce, -lǽcne

ge-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lǽca, ge-lǽcea, an; m.
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A competitor Gelǽcea emula, Germ. 391, 27

Linked entry: -lǽca

ge-lǽfa

Grammar
ge-lǽfa, leave.

Similar entry: ge-leáfa

ge-lǽstan

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Add: to do, perform. the object denoting action Ic wolde ymbe þone lǽcedóm þára þínra lára hwéne máre gehýran . . . and ðé swíþe georne bidde ꝥ þú hí mé gelǽste, Bt. 22, 1; F. 76, 21. Tó gesetton dæge gelǽste hé ꝥ hé ǽr sceolde, Ll. Th. i. 260, 15. Hí

heáh-lǽce

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Add: — Heálécas archiatros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 1. Heáhlǽcas, 81, 36. Héhlǽcas (hehhlæces, MS. ) archiatros i. summos medicos, Hpt. Gl. 477, 43 (all three glosses refer to o

hungor-lǽwe

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Add: cf. lim-lǽweo

lǽþ-leás

Similar entry: láþ-leás

læce-cist

(n.)
Grammar
læce-cist, e; f.
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A medicine chest Fundon hí þá áhýdde mancas in his lǽcecyste aureos invenerunt absconsos in medicamine, Gr. D. 344. 17

lǽce-cræft

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Add: the art of medicine Lǽcecræft medicina, An. Ox. 3124. Wæs sum munuc, þám wæs nama lustus, sé waes gelǽred on lǽceræfte ( medicinali arte imbutus ), Gr. D. 344, 6: 11. Hé áxode gif hé cúðe áht on lǽcecræfte, Hml. S. 22, 40. medical treatment ꝥ word

lǽce-finger

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Middelfinger medius, lǽcefinger medicus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 6. Add

lǽce-getawu

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-getawu, pl. n.
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Medical apparatus Hí wǽron geondsmeágende eall his lǽcegeteá. Þá fundon hí þá mancas in his lǽcecyste illius omnia medicamenta perscrutantes aureos invenerunt in medicamine, Gr. D. 344, 16

lǽce-íren

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-íren, es; n.
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A lancet Hé ásette his lǽceíren ( medicinale ferramentum, id est phlebotomum ) on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 25

scín-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, scín-lác; adj.
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Þá bróðru þe hé gemétte þǽr mid þám scínlácan (gedwimorlácum, v. l.) fýre bysmrian fratres quos phantastico reperit igne deludi, Gr. D. 124, 10. Ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wyð þá scínlácan híwinga deófla prettes (transformationes dęmonum). Chrd. 7, 25. Add

un-lǽttu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lǽttu, f.
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Moral wretchedness, wickedness God gecýðde in þám for hwylcre scylde (blasphemy) se cniht wæs geseald swylcum éhterum; for þon þe his fæder nolde hine gerihtan þá hwíle þe hé lifde,þá ylcan unlǽttu hé lét hine eft edníwian þá þá hé sweltende wæs, Gr

Linked entry: -lǽttu

æ-læte

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Ídele ł ǽlǽte inanes, Ps. Rdr. 296, 53. Add