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Old English · verb

lacnian

Normalised lācnian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈlɑːk.ni.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈlɑːk · ni · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
medicaltreat

Meaning

  1. to treat (in the medical sense)

  2. to cure

  3. to heal

    Efne swā hē mid wætre þone weallendan lēġ ādwǣsċe, þæt hē lenġ ne mæġ, blāc byrnende, burgum sċeððan, swā hē mid ælmessan ealle tōsċūfeð synna wunde, sāwla lācnað.

    Likewise he would quench this burning fire with water, so that it, burning bright, could no longer do harm to towns, he fully scatters wounds of sins with an alms, heals souls.

    c. 980, Almsgiving:

Conjugation

Conjugation of lacnian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular lācniġelācnode
2nd singular lācnastlācnodest
3rd singular lācnaþlācnode
Plural lācniaþlācnodon
Subjunctive
Singular lācniġelācnode
Plural lācniġenlācnoden
Non-finite forms of lacnian
Form
Infinitive lācnian
Inflected infinitive lācnienne
Imperative singular lācna
Imperative plural lācniaþ
Present participle lācniende
Past participle lācnodġelācnod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lākinōn, from Proto-Germanic *lēkinōną. Originally equivalent to lǣċe + -nian.

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