Gripla - 2023, Page 231

“EYRSILFR DRUKKIT, ÞAT GERIR BANA” 229
18. Við augnamyrkva – Tak gras þat er
heitir minna pulegium ok stappa vel
ok drekk þat fastandi oft. Þat bǽtir
ok birtir augu.
(434:381)
For dim eyes – take the herb that
is called lesser pulegium [penny-
royal]82 and mash it well, and drink
it often while fasting. This will im-
prove and clear the eyes.
19. Við tármild augu – Tak skógarsúru
ok blanda við fornt vín ok hirt þat í
glerkeri ok neyt af því oft.
(434:381)
For teary eyes – take sorrel and mix
it with old wine and keep it in a
glass vessel and consume it often.
20. Við nasraufadaun – Tak lǫg af
mintu ok hell í. Þat tekr óþef af.
(D:120; 434:381)
For a stench in the nostrils – take a
liquid of mint and pour it in. This
will remove the odour.
21. Við augnamyrkva– Tak malurt ok
stappa vel ok egg ok sjóð hart. Sker
síðan í sundr ok tak ór it rauða ok
legg í staðinn malurtina stappaða.
En þá er þú ferr sofa, þá legg við
útan á hvarmana sem þú mátt hafa.
Þat skírir ok birtir augun.
(D:122; 434:381)
For dim eyes – take wormwood
and mash it well, and an egg and
hard boil it. Then cut it and take the
yolk out of it and put the mashed
wormwood in its place. And when
you go to sleep, then apply this out-
side your eyelids, as you can. This
will clear and brighten the eyes.
22. Gras þat er vitrum heitir þurrkat ok
gǫrt at dusti – Blanda þat við vín ok
gef manni drekka. Þat brýtr stein í
blǫðru manns.
(D:113; 434:381)
The plant that is called [woad],83
dried and made into powder – mix
it with wine and give a man to
drink. This will break a stone in a
man’s bladder.
23. Pors grǿnn stappaðr vel ok blandaðr
við súrt vín – Þat er gott at þvá
hǫfuð við.
(D:119; 434:381; 194:64–65)
Sweet gale, green, mashed well and
mixed with sour wine84 – that is
good to wash one’s head with.
82 Mentha pulegium, see Kristensen, Harpestræng, 308.
83 This is uncertain. Vitrum may here possibly refer to glass rather than the plant woad,
misunderstood as “gras” (grass). See Larsen, Medical Miscellany, 237; Kristensen,
Harpestræng, 312. In De gradibus, the same effects are attributed to Aros (arum lilies?).
Constantine, 350.
84 That is, vinegar.