Middle English Dictionary Entry
Galien n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Galien n. Also galian, galion, galioun. |
| Etymology | L, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Galen, whose name was connected with various medicinal preparations; (b) a medicinal drink named after Galen.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)115b/a : The secounde [is fulfilled] wiþ galiens gladynge medecyne [*Ch.(1): leticia Galieni].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)177b/b : Þe firste is galien his plastre..þat is, take of terebentyne, [etc.].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)180b/b : Þe firste fourme is galiens powdre with the whites of ayren.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)182a/a : The þridde fourme is vnguentum aureum of hebenmesue and of galien..þe fourþe fourme is galiens grene oynement.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.306 : I pray to god so saue thy gentil cors, And eek thyne vrinals and thy iurdones, Thyn Ypocras and eek thy Galiones [vrr. Galianes, Galyenys, galience, Galiounes].