læce – Old English noun declension

Noun: læce
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	lǣċe
Plural	lǣċas

Genitive

Singular	lǣċes
Plural	lǣċa

Dative

Singular	lǣċe
Plural	lǣċum

Accusative

Singular	lǣċe
Plural	lǣċas

Sample Sentences

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
Hine man sċeal lǣdan tō þām lǣċe. (He should be taken to the doctor.)

Nouns inflected like læce

læce, mæce,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lākī, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian lētza, Old Saxon lāki, Old High German lāhhi, Old Norse *lækir, Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis). See: Old Norse Nouns '*lækir', Gothic Nouns '𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃'.