læcedom

Old English

Alternative forms

• lēċedōm

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lākijadōm, equivalent to lǣċe +‎ -dōm. Cognate with Old High German lāhtuom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæː.t͡ʃeˌdoːm/

Noun

lǣċedōm m

1. the practice of medicine
2. medicine, a remedy, cure
3. healing

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lǣċedōm	lǣċedōmas
accusative	lǣċedōm	lǣċedōmas
genitive	lǣċedōmes	lǣċedōma
dative	lǣċedōme	lǣċedōmum

Descendants

• Middle English: lechedom
  • English: leechdom

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lǽcedóm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.