Lǽce-cynn

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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lǽce-cynn
n. 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. læce-cynn
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