Lǽce-cræftig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - lǽce-cræftig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

lǽce-cræftig
adj. 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 which reason he composed a good-morning drink for all infirmities that stir throughout man's body, Lchdm. iii. 70, 16. læce-cræftig
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