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lǽce-dóm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§597;
Medicine, a medicine, remedy, cure
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  • 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 smyrunge biþ lǽcedóm and sinna forgifnes and ne biþ ná hádung

    unction is medicinal, and in it there is forgiveness of sins, but there is no ordination,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 48
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 384, 32
    • .
  • Ýdel biþ se lǽcedóm ðe ne mæg ðone untruman gehǽlan

    vain is the medicine that cannot heal the sick,

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 34
    • .
  • Búton hé ðone tíman árédige ðæs lǽcedómes ðonne biþ hit swutol ðæt se lácnigenda forliésþ ðone cræft his lǽcedómes

    nisi cum tempore medicamenta conveniant, constat procul dubio, quod medendi officium amittant,

    • Past. 21, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 153, 3-5
    • .
  • Hwí ne bidst ðú ðé lífes lǽcedómes æt lífes freán,

    • Dóm. L. 6, 81
    • .
  • Mycel wund behófaþ mycles lǽcedómes

    grande vulnus grandioris curam medelæ desiderat,

    • Bd. 4, 25
    • ;
    • S. 599, 40
    • .
  • lǽcedóme and tó hǽle untrumra manna

    ad medelam infirmantium,

    • 3, 10
    • ;
    • S. 534, 24
    • .
  • For hwylcum lǽcedóme

    pro aliquo remedio,

    • L. Ecg. C. 21
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 156, 14
    • .
  • Becuman tó ðam sóþan lǽcedóme

    pervenire ad veram medelam,

    • L. Ecg. P. i. 4
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 174, 4
    • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 107, 15
    • .
  • Ne hogaþ hé be ðam heofenlícan lǽcedóme,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 470, 56
    • .
  • Wið untrumnysse lǽcedóm sǽcan

    medicamentum contra ægritudines explorare,

    • Bd. 1, 27
    • ;
    • S. 494. 18
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  • Him lǽcedom bǽron

    illis solent adferre medelam,

    • 4, 6
    • ;
    • S. 574, 10
    • .
  • Ðá sóhte Colemannus ðysse unsibbe lǽcedóm

    quæsivit Colmanus huic dissensioni remedium,

    • 4, 4
    • ;
    • S. 571. 6
    • .
  • Ic wolde ymbe ðone lǽcedóm ðara ðínra lára hwéne máre gehýran

    remedia audiendi avidus vehementer efflagito,

    • Bt. 22, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 76, 17
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  • Ús is nédþearf ðæt wé sécan ðone lǽcedóm úre sáuwle,

    • Blickl. Homl. 97, 31
    • .
  • Þurh his lǽcedóm

    by means of the remedy he has provided,

    • Cd. 226
    • ;
    • Th. 301, 30
    • ;
    • Sat. 589
    • .
  • Lǽcedóm findan,

    • Exon. 31 a
    • ;
    • Th. 96, 13
    • ;
    • Cri. 1573
    • .
  • Lǽcedómas,

      see
    • Lchdm. ii. pp. 2-16
    • :
    • pp. 158-174
    • .
  • Hí tó ðám dweoligendum lǽcedómum deófolgylde éfeston

    ad erratica idolatriæ medicamina concurrebant,

    • Bd. 4, 27
    • ;
    • S. 604, 7.
  • lécedómum écum

    ad remedia æterna,

    • Rtl. 23, 26.
  • Untrymnessa lǽcedómes onféngon

    languorum remedia conquisiere,

    • Bd. 3, 17
    • ;
    • S. 544, 47
    • .
  • Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan

    apply remedies that may draw out the evil humour,

    • L. M. 1, 4
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 46, 26
    • .
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. ȝif he lechedom con, i. 111, 2
:
Orm. Drihhtiness Iæchedom and sawless eȝhe sallfe, 1851
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O. H. Ger. láh-tuom medicina, medicamentum, fomentum
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cf. Icel. læknis-dómr medicine
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Dan. læge-dom medicine, healing power, cure.
]
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v.  lǽce-cræft.
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