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i. Wiþ heafod ece; and wiþ ealdum heafod ece; and wiþ healfes heafodes ece.
i. For a headache; and for an old headache; and for a half head ache.
ii. Wiþ aswollenum eagum; and god eah sealf; and wið miste on eagan and wið flie and wið wyrmum on eagum and wiþ þæm gif flæsc on eagum weaxe and gif on eagum weaxan reade sponge and gif eagan tyren; and sceade sealf to eagum; and smeþe eah sealf.
ii. For swollen eyes; and a good eye-salve; and for darkness in the eyes and for the white speck and for worms in the eyes and in case flesh grows on the eyes and if a red spongy excrescence grows on the eyes and if eyes tear; and a salve for obscure vision of the eyes; and a smooth eye salve.
iii. Wiþ ear wærce and wiþ þæm gif wyrmas syn on earan and god ear sealf.
iii. For an earache and in case worms are in the ears and a good ear salve.
iiii. Wiþ toþ ece and gif teþ syn hole.
iiii. For a toothache and if teeth are hollow.1
v. Wiþ innan tobrocenum muðe.
v. For an inwardly broken mouth.
vi. Wiþ ceoc adle and wiþ ceol wærce.
vi. For cheek disease and for jowl pain.2
vii. Wiþ heals wærce.
vii. For a neck ache.
viii. Wiþ bite.
viii. For cancer.3
viiii. Wiþ hwostan.
viiii. For coughing.
x. Wiþ þam þe mon blode hræce.
x. For when a person spits up blood.
xi. Wiþ seondum geallan.
xi. For oozing gall.
xii. Wiþ þære geolwan adle.
xii. For the yellow disease.4
xiii. Wiþ breost wærce.
xiii. For chest pain.
xiiii. Wiþ hwostan and wiþ lungen adle.
xiiii. For cough and for lung disease.
xv. Wiþ magan wærce and wiþ aþundenesse.
xv. For stomach pain and for swelling [of the stomach].
xvi. Wið milt wærce.
xvi. For spleen pain.
1. Cavities ↩
2. Bosworth-Toller: "ceole, f. the throat, JOWL; guttur, fauces." ↩
3. Bosworth-Toller: "bite, es; m. Wið canceradle, ðæt is, bite, >>against cancer-disease, that is, a biting disease,<<." ↩
4. Jaundice ↩
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