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
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to treat (in the medical sense)
-
to cure
-
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
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lākinōn, from Proto-Germanic *lēkinōną. Originally equivalent to lǣċe + -nian.
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