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
Linked entry: lǽce-cræft
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
lyb-lǽca
A sorcerer
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A sorcerer Lyblǽcan caragios [caragius sortilegus, præstigiator qui characteribus magicis utitur, Ducange], Wrt.Voc. ii. 13, 53
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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.
Linked entry: -lǽðu
ge-lǽstan
ge-lǽfa
Leave ⬩ permission ⬩ permissio
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Leave, permission; permissio Be ðæs cynges gelǽfan by the king's leave, Chr. 1043; Erl. 170, 1
sín-lǽca
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A magician, necromancer, sorcerer Scín*-*lǽcan (-lǽcean, -lécan) nebulonis, Txts. 81, 1372: nebulis (nebulonis? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 60: 79. 4. Ðæs leásan scínlǽcan falsi nebulo , 147, 2. Sabastianus ongon hine ( St. Victor ) nédan tó deófolgelde; ðá
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-lǽde
Stray
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Stray(?) Ðá forstæl hé ða unlǽdan oxan, Chart. Th. 172, 21
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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
be-lǽwa
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a betrayer Iudas, Drihtnes belǽwa, Hml. S. 19, 228: Hml. Th. i. 398, 22
earfoþ-lǽre
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Substitute: Hard to teach, indocile Benedictus forlét þá earfoðlǽran bróðro Benedictus indociles deseruit, Gr. D. 110, 19
efen-láste
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Substitute for 'The everlasting' The herb mercury, and add: [Mercurialis euenlesten, mercurial, Wrt. Voc. i. 141, 8]
ellen-lǽca
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Ellenlǽca (-e, MS.) agonteta( = agonotheta), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 38. Ellenlǽca agontea, ii. 8, 11. For 'pugil . . . Cot. 15' substitute
ge-lǽte
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Substitute: A place where roads meet, where one road opens into another. Cf. ge-lætan; Biuium twégra wega gelǽte, triuium þreóra wega gelǽtu, competum fela gelǽtu, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 31, 5-7. In twéga wega gelǽte in bino (= biuio, Mk. 11, 4), Wrt. Voc. ii.
lǽce-dóm
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Add: healing Medecina, ꝥ ys lǽcedómes cræft, Shrn. 152, 17. Se getýda lǽce ðæs heofonlican lǽcedómes ǽgðer ge ðá hálan lǽrde ge ðám unhálum lǽcedóm eówde peritus medicinae coelestis apostolus non tam sanos instituit, quam infirmis medicamenta monstravit