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Lazarus

Lazarus [LL < Ἐλεαζαρ < Heb.] 1 (as given name) Lazarus: a (w. ref. to Luc. xvi 20–5); b (w. ref. to Joh. xi 1– xii 17). a 799 (v. 2 gutta 1c); ~us mendicus ‥ Dives epulosus Reg. Whet. I 129.  b Martha ~i germana ‥ obsequium ‥ praefigurat Aldh. VirgP 29; resuscita[tu]rus ~um gaudebat propter discipulos ut crederent Bede Cant. 1165; Poem S. Thom. 84 (v. evinculare); 1201, 1257 (v. 2 hospitalis 9a); 1293 (v. frater 9); AncrR 125 (v. fremere 2); resuscitacio ~i Conway Def. Mend. 1316 (v. figura 7). 2 (as reflex of 1a supra) leper. languidis ac destitutis se impendit, ~os Christi regum natis preponit Gosc. Edith 63; a1128 (v. 2 clausura 5c); 1212 ~i de Lincolnia [tenent] in Askeb’ j carucatam terre in puram elemosinam Fees I 166; 1415 lego ~iis ad quamlibet portam Norwici xx d. Reg. Cant. III 409 (cf. ib. 412: 1415 lego leprosis ad quamlibet portam civitatis Norwici xij d.); 1467 cuilibet ~o iiij domorum extra suburbia Test. Ebor. III 160; primus ~us: ‥ clevyon deberthys ny yw [‘separated lepers are we’] Beunans Meriasek 122.

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