leechbook
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A medical text of the Anglo-Saxon era; a compilation of medicinal cures and remedies used by leeches.
Example Sentences
- "This Saxon manuscript has a dignity which is unique, for it is the oldest existing leech book written in the vernacular."
- "One of the old Leech Books gives the formula for a salve against the "elfin race and nocturnal goblin visitors." Fourteen herbs, including wormwood, viper's bugloss and fennel, were first gathered."
- "Even with the Anglo Saxon leech books, we are dealing with ancient wisdom filtered and diffused into another age and culture."
- "2004, J. P. Griffin treacle and the foundation of medicines regulation The first was directly from Byzantine or other eastern sources, for example a Saxon leechbook of the 11th century records that Abel the Patriarch of Jerusalem sent Mithridatium or theriac to King Alfred the Great, who died on 26 October 899"
Etymology
From Middle English leche (“doctor, physician”), from Old English lǣċe (“medical doctor”) + boc (“book”).