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lybb

  • noun [ neuter ]
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lybb, es; n.
Medicine, drug, simple in a bad sense poison; the word often implies the use of witchcraft, see the compounds; as Grimm says 'aus der bedeutung des erlaubten, φάρμακoν gieng hernach die des schädlichen, zauberhaften hervor,' D. M. 1103
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  • Lyb

    obligamentum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 31
      • .

  • Lybb,

    • Ep. Gl. 17 b, 13.

  • Ðæt biþ lyb wið eágena dimnesse

    that is a medicine for dimness of eyes,

    • L. M. 1, 2
      • ; L
    • chdm. ii. 30, 14
      • .

  • Oxna lyb

    green or black hellebore,

    • Lchdm. ii. 34, 28
      • .

  • Ðis ðé lib be cyrneles

    this may be a medicine for thee for churnel,

    • iii. 62, 21
      • .
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. lubbe; dat. suco
:
cf. lubbian medicare
:
Icel. lyf; f. also n. a herb, simple, esp. with the notion of healing, witchcraft, or supernatural power
;
cf. ú-lyfjan poison; lyfja to heal
:
O. H. Ger. luppi; n. maleficium, succus lethiferus; luppón medicare
:
cf. Goth. lubja-leisei φαρμακεία.
]
Similar entries
v. cýslybb, un-lybbe, lybesn.
Linked entries
v.  lybbestre.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lybb.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21916.

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