Ór lǽknisbók (AM 655 XXX 4to)

ok tak ór honum bǽði blóð ok gall ok blanda bǽði

and take from it both the blood and the gall, and mix both

saman ok berr í augun. Þat birtir sýn manns.

together and put [it] in the eyes. That brightens a person's sight.

Við blóðrás― Tak gras þat er vex í hveitiakri með sínum

For bleeding: take the herb that grows in a wheat field, with its

blǫðum ok rauðu frǽ. ok stappa í víni eða ǫlðri

leaves and red seed, and pound [it] in wine or ale,

ok syng meðan pater noster. ok gef honum drekka.

and sing a Paternoster meanwhile, and give it him to drink.

Við þá blóðrás, ef sár blǿðir― Tak náttlauk ok stappa

For bleeding, if a wound bleeds: take náttlaukr [night-leek] and pound [it]

vel ok legg þar í sárit sem blǿðir. ok bitt við.

well, and lay it in the wound where it bleeds, and bind it on.

Gras þat er rubea heitir, þat er roðagras―

The herb called rubea, that is red-herb:

Þat hrindr út ór óléttri konu, þó at barn sé dautt.

it drives [the child] out of a pregnant woman, even if the child is dead.

Jǫrð sú er á innsigli er lǫgð ok manns líkneski er á―

The earth on which a seal is set with a man's likeness on it:

Hon er góð við ormsbit. ok annarra flugorma. Ok ef

it is good against snakebite and [the bites] of other flying serpents. And if

manni er gefinn ólyfjansdrykkr, þá drekki hann af þessi jǫrðunni

a man is given a poisoned drink, let him drink some of this earth;

. Þat hrindr eitri út, en maɴ sakar ekki.

it drives the poison out, and the man comes to no harm.

Muskus heitir forað. Þat elsk í kviði eins dýrs. Þat er kiðlingi

Musk is the name of a substance. It forms in the belly of an animal. It is like a kid,

glíkt þeim er elsk á Indíaland. Þat renn saman af

[the one] that is bred in India. It runs together from

saur í endaþarmi eða í ǫðrum stað lǽtr eigi vaxa.

the stool in the rectum, or in another place does not let [it] grow.

Ef þat er temprat við mjólk. ok við lagt, þá er þat lǽkning.

If it is mixed with milk and laid on, then it is a cure.

Dioskurides segir af grasi því er peonia heitir:

Dioscorides says of the herb called peony:

Ek sá svein einn átta vetra gamlan, er hafði þat gras

I saw a boy eight years old who had that herb

hengt á hals sér. En þá barsk svá at of daginn,

hung around his neck. And then it happened during the day

at þat gras féll af honum. En þegar jafnskjótt féll sveinninn

that the herb fell off him. And at once the boy fell

niðr ok hafði brotfall. En þá var þat aftr

down and had the falling sickness. And then it was

horfit í annat sinn á hann. ok þá sakaði sveinninn ekki

put back on him a second time, and then the boy came to no harm

meðan hann hafði þat á sér. En þá féll af honum í annat

while he had it on him. But then it fell off him a second

sinn, en jafnskjótt féll hann í ina sǫmu sótt sem hann hafði

time, and at once he fell into the same sickness he had had

fyrr. En þá var grasit bundit á hann enn. ok bǽttisk

before. Then the herb was tied on him again, and he recovered

jafnskjótt. Ok sǫmu lund fór sinn it þriðja: Spiltisk

at once. And it went the same way the third time: he grew worse

er af var, en batnaði er á var bundit. Sama vitni

when it was off, and got better when it was tied on. The same witness

berr Galienus, inn spakasti maðr, of þat sama gras.

Galen, the wisest of men, bears about that same herb.

Bǫrkr af selju við súrt vín stappaðr― Þat tekr af. vǫrtur.

Willow bark pounded with sour wine: it removes warts.

Svá mǽlti Galienus: Mjolk sú er riðin er ór

Thus said Galen: The milk that is wrung from

Minta styrkir kvið ok gerir munn vel þefaðan.

Mint strengthens the belly and makes the mouth sweet-smelling.

En plástr gǫrt af mintu ok salti― Þat er gott við óðs hunds bit.

And a plaster made of mint and salt: it is good for the bite of a mad dog.

Gras þat er heitir elleborum hvítt

The herb called white hellebore,

blandat við mjolk ok temprat við hunang― Þat drepr mýs,

mixed with milk and tempered with honey: it kills mice

ef eta af því. En af því blandat dust við vatn ok

if they eat of it. And its powder mixed with water and

stǫkt of hús― Þat drepr flugur.

sprinkled about the house: it kills flies.

Gras þat er ciminum heitir drukkit með víni― Þat hreinsar

The herb called cumin, drunk with wine: it cleanses

bit flugdýra. En ef þat er blásit í nasraufar manns― Þat heftir nefdreyra.

the bites of flying creatures. And if it is blown into a person's nostrils: it stops nosebleed.

ok hreinsar bit flugdýra. Salt ok línfrǽ gǫrt

and cleanses the bites of flying creatures. Salt and linseed, made

af því plástr― Þat hreinsar in flugdýrabit.

into a plaster: it cleanses the bites of flying creatures.

Eyrsilfr drukkit― Þat gerir bana. Því at í hvern

Eyrsilfr [quicksilver] drunk: it causes death. For into whatever

lim er þat renn, þá skefr þat innan. En ef þat verðr í eld

limb it runs, it scrapes [it] from inside. And if into the fire

lagt, þá gerir þat meinsaman reyk. Þann flýja ormar

it is put, it makes a harmful smoke. Snakes flee it,

. ok af þeim reyk deyja flugdýr.

and flying creatures die from that smoke.

Malurt blandin við ufsagall ok smurt of eyru manns―

Wormwood mixed with coalfish gall and smeared about a person's ears:

Þat styrkir þau. ok hrindr frá óhljóð. En ef þat er lagt í

it strengthens them and drives away bad noises. And if it is laid in