Middle English Dictionary Entry
celidoine n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | celidoine n.(1) Also celidoni(e, -doun, -dine, cela-, cele-, cili-, seli-, sela-, & celiþenie, cileþene. |
| Etymology | OF celidoine & ML celidōnia (CL chelid-, ultim. Gr.); early celiþ- from OE. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus); also, any of its parts used medicinally.
Associated quotations
- ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss.(Dur-C Hunter 100)125(d) : Celidonia: celithenie.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)82.26/5 : Basilica..hæfd meoluc reade swilce cilidonie.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)p.138 : Cnuca cyleþene on ecede & smire mid þat heafod bufan þa eaȝen.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)15/10 : Contra glaucomata..Nim wifes meolce..and cylepena, id est celidonia-wos.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)33/8 : Nim þanne eft cicenamete..and þry æpple of celidonia.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)18 : He is blosme opon bleo..wiþ celydoyne ant sauge.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1370 : The sefnthe sterre..is Arial..His herbe..Is Celidoine freissh and grene.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)151b/a : Asschen..I brente and I medelyd wiþ celydoyne and ȝeuen to beestis heliþ here yuelis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)222a/a : Celodonia is an herbe wiþ ȝolow floures and fruyt..it hatte celidonia for he helpeþ swalwe briddis if here yhen ben hurt..þe Jus of celidony swalwe yhen torneþ aȝein to þe first astate.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)41/5 : Þe Iuyse of celidone..y-putte..to þe temples..ceseþ þe akyng of þe heued.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)186b/b : Celidoyne is an herbe hote & drye in þe þridde degree; it is clensynge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)65 : Celydony, herbe: Celidonia.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)70/9 : Tak..celidoun, cheuerfoill.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)249/23,24 : For to breke a boche..Make a playster..of þe rotis of celydonye temperde with swynys-grece and þe juce of celydonn.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)312/179 : Celydonye is an erbe..Full bytter to drynkyn in his sawour, It is good..For þe ȝelw jawndys.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Add 17866)639 : The water of rewe is gode for syght..Of seladyne & veruayne al so.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)34/10 : Take watir of celedoyne.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)297 : For an hawke that hath casting..Take the jus of salendyne.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)15/21 : To heele a man..þat is..nyȝ deed..ȝe schal ȝeue him oure quinte essence of gold wiþ a litil quantite of watir of celendoyn.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)786/11 : Hec seladonia: a seladony.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)53a : They talke..Off honie, celedonie, And of secundius also.
2.
A plant belonging to the group which includes: more ~, the greater celandine [sense 1]; lesse ~, the lesser celandine (Ficaria verna); wilde ~, prob. the horned poppy (Glaucium flavum); perh. also the Indian herb (Coptis teeta) which yields tita root.
Associated quotations
- [ a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)36 : Celidonia agrestis..Celidonia maior..Celidonia minor. ]
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)11a : Celedony. Þis maisteris saiþe that þere ben two maneres of hem, þe more and þe lasse, and boþe ben gode to þe eyne.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)41b/a : Take of Amydoun..of syef memythe, i. of wylde celidoyne.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)188a/a : Memitha, wilde celidoyne..restreynynge for þe eyȝen.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)163 : Celydoyne hauyþ two spices. Þe first is clepid of leches þe more, and þat oþer is clepid þe lesse.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)88/241 : Celidoyne..his vertu is to dissolue and to consume and draw out of a man wikkyd humors..There beene two maners ther of; on growith in ynd and that othir here emonge vs.
3.
~ rot, rot of ~, prob. the root of the greater celandine, though perh. tita root.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)177b/a : Curcumia i. þe rote of citri, perauenture of celidonie [*Ch.(2): celidoyne], is..consolidatiue.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)45b/b : O powdre of a brente spounge of cotelbone..of þe rote of celidoyne.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)82/218 : For..webb in the eye and for dede flesshe..Medle the powdir of celydoyne rote with the powdir of dry rosis.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)87/21 : Vnguentum viride..clenseth wondes..Take celydoyne-rotes, walnote-leues [etc.].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1055 : He had spendide al his lusty dayes In fals receptis & in such lewde assayes Of herbis…As crowfote, salandyne, & mezereon, Verbayn, lunarye, and mortagon.
Note: New form: Also..salandine.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 1.
Note: Editor's glossary: "salandyne = celandine, probably the common celandine."
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)142/14 : Celidonie is an herbe þat men clepe celydonye or teterwort..þis herbe helyth cancre and oþer sorys þat ben..in ony place in þe heed.
Note: Additional quot. for sense 1.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL