galanga

galanga [cf. AN, ME galanga < Ar. khalanjān, khulūnjān < Pers. khūlanjā] , galingale, mild ginger; b (used as medicine). V. et. galingala. de herbis: ‥ hec gaianga, †garnigal[MS: garingal] Gl. AN Glasg. f. 19; grata galanga venit hospita ventris ibi Garl. Epith. IV 266; 1302 (v. 1 crocus 1b); 1308 in amigdalis, croco, ‥ pipere, ~a, ficubus ‥ et aliis minutis Ac. Durh. 2; 1310 x s. de ij lib. galonge venditis Ac. Exec. Ep. Exon. 8; 1324 in dim. lib. galyngarum v d. Sacr. Ely II 40; 1327 (v. 1 canella 4a); species non pulverizate sicut zimziber, zedoare, galenga, cinnamomum ‥ pertinent ad priorem Cust. Cant. 362; ~a, ciperus babilonicus Alph. 70 (v. cyperus); galynga, hec galinga CathA; cyperum babylonicum officinae vocant ~am, Angli galanga etiam et galangale nuncupant Turner Herb. A4v.  b de fetore oris: recipe spicam nardi, ~am, ‥ storacem [etc.] Gilb. III 159. 2; Bacon V 100 (v. cubeba); fiat ‥ potus de ‥ pulegio, utroque mentastro, ~a in aqua et melle Gad. 34v. 2; expense in providencia medicine: ‥ in j li. ~e iij s. Ac. Obed. Abingd. 14; [valent ad fecunditatem] zinziber ‥, yringi ‥, ~a Kymer 19.