Lǽce-wyrht

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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lǽce-wyrht
f. Leech-work, medical treatment :-- Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, þæt ne mihte nán lǽcewyrht áwiht gelíðian, þeah ðe heó gelóme tó geléd wǽre (diu est quod molestia genu tumentis oppressus nulla cujuslibet medicorum industria possum sanari, Vit. Cuth, c. 2), Hml. Th. ii. 134, 33. læce-wyrht
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