Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-lácnian

Part of speech: -lácnigan;

Definitions

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1 ge-lácnian

p. ode; pp. od To heal, cure; sānāre, mĕdēri :-- Gif hine mon gelácnian mǽge if he can be healed, L. Alf. pol. 69; Th. i. 98, 8. His sáwle wunda dǽdbétende gelácnian to heal the wounds of his soul by doing penance, Homl. Th. i. 124, 14. Gelácnigan, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 19; Cri. 1309. Ic gelácnige mĕdeor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 56. Gelácna ðú hý heal thou them, Hy. 1, 5; Hy. Grn. ii. 280, 5. He wæs gelácnod he was cured, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 44. Mon geseah hine laman gelácnian people saw him healing the lame, Blickl. Homl. 177, 16. Hine gelácnode curam ejus egit, Lk. Skt. 10, 34, note. ge-lacnian

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᚪᚳᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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