Middle English Dictionary Entry
salūs populī n.
Entry Info
| Forms | salūs populī n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An ointment.
Associated quotations
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)90/22 : Oyntment þat is called Salus populi is made þus: Recipe celidon..edere terrestris..hertez talow or schepez..oile of olyue..and boile al..Þis oyntment is hard, and þerfore when it is nede to vse it, take of it and putte in ane holow oistre schelle and melt it aboue colez.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)91/6 : Salus populi..dryeþ wele and sicatrizeþ, and it availeþ at þe best to lippez y-brent of þe sone or chynned of þe wynde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. salus populi.