† ˈcelidony1 Obs.
Forms: 1 celeþonie, cyleþenie, 5 cely-, seladony, celidoyne, celydoine, -doun, 6 celedonie.
[ad. med.L. celedonia (in Pliny chelīdonia) and OF. celidoine: cf. celandine.]
= celandine.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 41 Nim..celeþonian moran. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xlvi. (Tollem. MS.) By þe iuce of celidony swalowes yȝen turneþ aȝen to þe firste state, yf þey ben hurte or put oute. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 65/2 Celydony, herbe, celidonia. a 1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 36 Celidonia..gall. et angl. celidoyne. c 1450 Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 712 Hec celidonia, celydoun. c 1475 Voc. ibid. 786 Hec seladonia, a seladony. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 37 Celedonie..beareth a Saffron coloured flower. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 278 To bloud-shotten eyes it is good..to wash them with the juyce of celidony. |