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.

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c. 1000.  Sax. Leechd., III. 41. Nim … celeþonian moran.

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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.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 65/2. Celydony, herbe, celidonia.

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a. 1450.  Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.), 36. Celidonia … gall. et angl. celidoyne.

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c. 1450.  Nominale, in Wr.-Wülcker, 712. Hec celidonia, celydoun.

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c. 1475.  Voc., ibid. 786. Hec seladonia, a seladony.

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1567.  Maplet, Gr. Forest, 37. Celedonie … beareth a Saffron coloured flower.

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1607.  Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 278. To bloud-shotten eyes it is good … to wash them with the juyce of celidony.

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