lǽce-getawu
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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
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A lancet Hé ásette his lǽceíren ( medicinale ferramentum, id est phlebotomum ) on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 25
scín-lǽce
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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
æ-læte
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Ídele ł ǽlǽte inanes, Ps. Rdr. 296, 53. Add
eáþ-lǽre
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easily taught Ǽrest ma[n] sceal þá yldestan lǽran, ꝥ þurh hig þá gingran siððan beón þe eáðlǽran ( facilius doceantur ), Chrd. 96, 13
riht-lǽce
A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor
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A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor Se ðe his broces bóte sécþ búton tó Gode sylfum and tó his hálgum and tó rihtlǽcum hé drýhþ deófles wyllan he that seeks a remedy for his malady except from God and from his saints and from regular doctors
heáh-lǽce
A physician of the greatest skill
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A physician of the greatest skill Sc. cosmas and sc. damianus wǽron heáhlǽcas and hý lácnodon ǽghwylce untrumnesse monna St. Cosmas and St. Damian were very excellent leeches, and cured every infirmity of men, Shrn. 135, 13
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earfoþ-lǽte
Difficult to be sent forth ⬩ diffĭcĭlis emissu
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Difficult to be sent forth; diffĭcĭlis emissu Earfoþlǽte micga a painful discharge of urine, strangury; strangūria = στραγγουρία, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 47; Wrt. Voc. 19, 49
hungor-lǽwe
Hungry ⬩ famished
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Hungry, famished Ða hungerlǽwan gefylde synt famelici saturati sunt, Ps. Lamb. Cantic. Annæ, 5
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lǽce-cræftig
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Skilled in medicine Arestolobius wæs háten án cing hé wæs wís and lǽcecræftig hé ðá gesette forðon gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrymnessum ðe mannes líchoman iond styriaþ there was a king named Arestolobius, he was wise and skilled in medicine, for
lǽce-cynn
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The race of physicians or surgeons Nǽfre [ic] lǽcecynn on folcstede findan meahte ðara ðe mid wyrtum, wunde gehǽlde never could I find on the battlefield the leeches, those who with herbs my wounds would heal, Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 20; Rä. 6, 10
lǽce-dóm
Medicine ⬩ a medicine ⬩ remedy ⬩ cure
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Medicine, a medicine, remedy, cure Lǽcedóm medecina, Wrt. Voc. 74, 5: Lchdm. ii. 16, 9-27. Lécedom, Kent. Gl. 148. Lǽcedóm malagma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 59: cura, 92, 61. In untrymnisse wæs ðú lǽcedóme in infirmitate sis medecina, Rtl. 105, 13. On ðare
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lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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The leech-finger, the fourth finger [though in one gloss it seems to be the little-finger] Þuma pollex, scytelfinger index, middelfinger medius, lǽcefinger medicus, eárefinger auricularius, Wrt. Voc. 71, 30-34. At p. 44,7-8 the names are different:--
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lǽce-sealf
a plaster ⬩ malagma
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A medicinal salve or ointment, a plaster; malagma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 77
lǽce-seax
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A surgeon's knife Se lǽce hýt ðonne his lǽceseax under his cláðum medicus abscondit igitur ferrum medicinale sub veste, Past. 26, 3; Swt, 187, 9
mót-lǽðu
courts ⬩ assemblies
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in Chart. Th. 433, 22. The word occurs in a list of services due from the tenant of certain land, and seems to mean 'courts, assemblies' Þreó mótlǽðu ungeboden on xii mónþum the tenant must attend three courts a year without summons.
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un-lǽce
An unskilful physician
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An unskilful physician Hú unlǽcas (cf. unwíse lǽcas, 232, 8) wénaþ ðæt ðæt sié lendenáldl, Lchdm. ii. 164, 8
un-lǽne
Not transitory ⬩ permanent
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Not transitory, permanent For ðissum lǽnan lífe ic sylle ðæt unlǽne, Wulfst. 264, 18
weorold-lǽce
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A physician for the body Nis se woruldlǽce wælhreów, ðeáh ðe hé ðone gewundodan mid bærnette gelácnige, Homl. Th. i. 472, 13
earfoþ-lǽre
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Substitute: Hard to teach, indocile Benedictus forlét þá earfoðlǽran bróðro Benedictus indociles deseruit, Gr. D. 110, 19