Lǣċehūs

Lǣċehūs (Middelenglisc: hospitall; Niwenglisc: hospital) is stōw þǣr mann gǣð tō hǣlanne þonne hē is untrum oððe gewundod. Þæs andweardan betwux spitāl-hūse and oðrum hǣlþstōwum swā swā læcehūse oððe læcedomes bure is þæt spitāl-hūs hæfð bedd, þǣr se untruma wunian mæġ ofer niht. Þā untruman synd gehātene innanbeddan. Þæs innanbeddnes þrēat is tō syllanne lǣcedōm dæges and nihtes, forþon hit hæfð mā hūslīcra hīew þonne oðre lāc, forþan þe þā untruman beoð bewitene fram læcum, nyrstum, þērapeūtum, and folcmannum. Þes lāc is geset and hæfð getīde, þe mæg befōn ānhagaþērapi, gegaderungþērapi, ǣrendrǣdenne, and fremðes gegaderunga.