wód-þrág
A mad fit ⬩ time ⬩ madness ⬩ fury
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Oft ða wÝdþrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gestiíð and gehǽlð mid ðærn ðæt hé him ólecð æfter his ágnum willan . . . Ðonne Saule se wiðer-wearda gǽsð on becorn, ðonne geféng Dauid his hearpan, and gestillde his wódþrága. . . .
blód-seax
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Se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽces ansýne bær horn and blódsex (blódaexe, v. l.), 161, 2. Add
un-gerisene
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Add Ongunnon lǽcas hire secgan . . . ꝥ hire wolden beardas weaxan on þǽm andwlitan . . . and ꝥ þonne wǽre wífmen sceamu and ungerysnu eallum hire freóndum. Gr. D. 279, 12
nefne
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only, nothing but Dó tó drence nǽdran geworhte swá lǽcas cunnon, and þonne hié ǽlcra drincan willen, drincan hié nemne wæter, Lch. ii. 202, 18
un-fǽglíc
Not indicating impending death
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Not indicating impending death Ðæt is tácn ðínre hǽle; swá swá lǽca gewuna is, ðæt hé cweþaþ ðonne hió seócne mon gesióþ, gef hé hwelc unfǽglíc (ungefǽglíc, Cott.
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un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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a wrong time, an improper time Se lǽce ðonne hé on untíman lácnaþ wunde, hió wyrmseþ and rotaþ secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 2.
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hwettan
To WHET ⬩ sharpen ⬩ instigate ⬩ urge ⬩ incite ⬩ excite
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Se lǽce his seax hwæt the physician sharpens his knife, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 187, 5. Úsic lust hwætep desire urges us, Andr. Kmbl. 571; An. 286. Ðurh ðæt his mód hweteþ by that means excites his mind, Salm.
ge-lómlic
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Gelómlic lǽce frequens hyrudo, sanguisuga assidua, Hpt. 31, 12, 272. numerous, many Gelómlice (gelómelicere, Hpt. Gl. 458, 76) æxa creíri bipennes, An. Ox. 2, 70. Gelómlican frequentes, densos, multos, Wrt.
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in-wærc
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Internal pain Ic þrowode mycelne ece mínre heortan and líflicra leoma . . . þá mettrumnesse lǽcas hátað mid Gréciscre sprǽce sincopia, inwræc (cf. sincopia, defectio stomachi, Ld. Gl. H. 41, 47), Gr. D. 243, 21. Wið innwræce (inwerce, v. l. ), Ll.
cræftig
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Hé wæs cræftig lǽce, Shrn. 138, 27. Wæs sum mǽden wundorlíce cræftig . . . on úðwítegunge snoter, Hml. S. 35, 80. Cræftig[estan] sollertissimae, An. Ox. 56, 208. <b>III a.
ge-swel
A swelling ⬩ tumour ⬩ tŭmor
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Ðá wolde se heofenlíca lǽce ðæt geswell heora heortan gelácnian then would the heavenly leech cure the swelling of their heart, Homl. Th. i. 338, 23. Mislíce geswel and blǽdran divers boils and blisters, ii. 192, 30
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ge-scrífan
to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint ⬩ judicare, assignare, imponere, designare ⬩ to shrive, impose penance, censure ⬩ pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere
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Kmbl. 593; An. 297. to shrive, impose penance, censure; pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere Manna sáwla lǽce sceal geþencan, hú he mannum heora dǽda gescrífe and hí þeáh-hwæðere ne fordéme the physician of men's souls must consider how he shall shrive
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wánung
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Se lǽce cyrfð oððe bærnð, and se untruma hrýmð, þeáhhwæðere ne miltsaþ hé ðæs óðres wánunge, Homl. Th. i. 472, 16. Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12. Gesaeh ðæt wánung (tumultum) and woepende and mǽni*-*ende, Mk. Skt.
neáh-stów
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Hé þá lǽcas ǽghwanon of þám neáhstðwum (ex vicinis locis) gesom-node, 277, 22. His nama wæs cúð geond ealle þá neáhstówa, 100, 13. Þ fýr geondférde ealle þá neáhstówa cum propinquiora sibi quaeque loca ignis invaderet, 47, 28. Add
hrepung
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</b> (medical) examination by feeling :-- Án æþele lǽce . . . cúðe tócnáwan, gif hé cunnode þæs mannes, be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hé hraðe swulte, Hml.
lóc
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Lóc hú lange se sóða lǽce hit foresceáwige, Hml. Th. i. 474, 25. Lócehwænne mín tíma beó, Angl. xii. 499, 7. Lóca hwǽr beó se móna níwe, viii. 322, 31 : 333, 21. Lóca hwǽr se ealdor him tǽce, R. Ben. 82, 15
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Gód lǽce ðe wel cann wunda sníðan Past. 49; Swt. 377, 18.
pípe
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Add Gif þonne gít sió ádl egle, gebringe inne þurh pípan oððe horn, swá lǽcas cunnan, Lch. ii. 224, 28. the channel of a small stream. v. N. E. D. pipe; 8 a. See the quotation from C. D. iii. 380, 2
cunnian
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Án æþele lǽce . . . cúðe tócnáwan, gif hé cunnode þæs mannes, be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hé hraðe swulte, 568.
mód-leást
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Lǽcas cýddan þám fæder þæs cnihtes módleáste ( his despondency after being rejected by Agnes ), Hml. S. 7, 68