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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æc-lǽca
A wretch ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A wretch, miscreant, monster; miser, perditus, monstrum, Elen. Grm. 901; El. 902
æg-lǽca
A miserable being ⬩ wretch ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A miserable being, wretch, monster; miser, perditus, monstrum Atol æglǽca the fell wretch, Beo. Th. 1188; B. 592 : Cd. 216; Th. 274, 28; Sat. 161: Andr. Kmbl. 2717; An. 1361
be-lǽðed
Loathed ⬩ detested ⬩ exosus
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Loathed, detested; exosus
be-lǽwa
A destroyer ⬩ proditor ⬩ traditor
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A destroyer; proditor, traditor
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ele-lænde
Strange, foreign ⬩ peregrīnus
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Strange, foreign; peregrīnus Elelændra eorþbigennys cŏlōnia, peregrīnōrum cultūra, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 102; Wrt. Voc. 36, 25
ellen-lǽca
A champion ⬩ pŭgil, agōnista
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A champion; pŭgil, agōnista, Cot. 15
frig-lǽta
One made free ⬩ a freedman ⬩ libertus
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One made free, a freedman; libertus, Cot. 120
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-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