eyesalve

English

Alternative forms

  • eye-salve, eye salve

Etymology

From Middle English eȝhe-salfe, from Old English ēagsealf (“eye-salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *augasalbā (“eye-salve”), equivalent to eye +‎ salve. Cognate with Dutch ogenzalf (“eyesalve”), German Augensalbe (“eyesalve”), Swedish ögonsalva (“eyesalve”).

Noun

eyesalve (plural eyesalves)

  1. An ointment for the eye.

References

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