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. 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.