leechdomn.
/ˈliːtʃdəm/ archaic.
A medicine, remedy.
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leechcraftc888
leechdoma900
bootOE
helpc1000
pigment?a1200
remedya1382
medicinea1393
application?a1425
sanativec1440
healer?1523
recovery1576
curative1577
mithridate1587
cure1623
presidy1657
therapeutic1842
therapeutical1845
a900 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 59/38 Medicinam, lecedom.
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. xxvi. [xxv.] 350 Micel wund behofað micles læcedomes.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 111 Mon..unhalne lechnað ȝif he lechedom con.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1851 Drihhtiness hallȝhe læchedom & sawless eȝhe sallfe.
1864 T. O. Cockayne (title) Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England.
1894 Creighton in Daily News 3 Sept. 6/2 A collection of receipts, prescriptions, or leechdoms, for the various injuries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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