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English: Recipe in Old English: "Ƿyrc eaȝsealf ƿiþ ƿænne: ȝenim cropleac ⁊ ȝarleac beȝea emfela, ȝecnuƿe ƿel tosomne, ȝenim ƿin ⁊ fearres ȝeallen beȝean emfela ȝemenȝ ƿiþ þy leaces, do þonne on arfæt læt standan niȝon niht on þæm arfæt aƿrinȝ þurh claþ ⁊ hlyttre ƿel, do on horn ⁊ ymb niht do mid feþre on eaȝe; se betsta læcedom" translated: "Make an eyesalve against a wen: take equal amounts of cropleac [an Allium species] and garlic, pound well together, take equal amounts of wine and oxgall, mix with the alliums, put this in a brass vessel, let [the mixture] stand for nine nights in the brass vessel, wring through a cloth and clarify well, put in a horn and at night apply to the eye with a feather; the best medicine" as per source
Date 9th-10th century AD
Source https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Balds-eyesalve-A-facsimile-of-the-recipe-taken-from-the-manuscript-known-as-Balds_fig1_280059299
Author 9th-10th century Anglo-Saxon scribe, Cild

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Recipe for Bald's eyesalve, taken from Bald's Leechbook.

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