eyesalve

== English == === Alternative forms === eye-salve === Etymology === From Middle English eȝhe-salfe, from Old English ēagsealf (“eye-salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *augasalbā (“eye-salve”), equivalent to eye +‎ salve. Cognate with Dutch ogenzalf (“eyesalve”), German Augensalbe (“eyesalve”), Swedish ögonsalva (“eyesalve”). === Noun === eyesalve (plural eyesalves) An ointment for the eye.