† halewei, -wey Obs.
Forms: 3 halewei, haliwei(e, halewi, he(a)lewi, halwei, haleweiȝ, 5 haliw(h)ey, halyvey.
[ME. haleweiȝ, heale-, helewi, pointing to an OE. *hǽlewǽᵹ, *hálwǽᵹ, corresp. to MHG. heilwâg, -wâc, -awâc, wæge, ON. heilvágr, f. OE. hǽl, OHG. heil, ON. heill health (hail n.2, heal n.) + OE. wǽᵹ, OHG. wâg, ON. vágr wave, water. Some of the forms show association with háliᵹ holy. See Grimm Deutsche Mythol. II. 551.]
A healing water, used both as a drink, and as a lotion for wounds; balm, antidote.
| c 1205 Lay. 23071 Heo sculde mid haleweie helen his wunden. Ibid. 28617 Heo scal..al me makien mid haleweiȝe drenchen. c 1220 Bestiary 749 A smel..ðat ouercumeð haliweie wið swetnesse. a 1225 Ancr. R. 94 Hit is a derne healewi þet no mon ne icnoweð þet naueð hit ismecched. Ibid. 282 Þu attrest þe mid helewi, & wundest þe mid salue. a 1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 200 Swete iesu mi leof, mi lif, mi leome, min healewi, min huni ter. Ibid. 183 Min halwi. a 1300 Land of Cokayne 84 in E.E.P. (1862) 158 Þer beþ iiij willis in þe abbei, of triacle and halwei. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 223/2 Halyvey, or bote a-ȝen sekeness, as treacle or oþer lyke (K. haliwey), antidotum..salutiferum. ? 14.. Arundel MS. 42, f. 93 (Promp. Parv. 223 note) Balsamum, &c. haliwhey. |