Obs. Also 5, 7 vertigine, 6–7 -inie. [a. L. vertīgine, abl. sing. of vertīgo.] = VERTIGO.
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 310. [It] is good for þe brayn wiþinneforþ as for scotomia & vertigine.
1583. Stubbes, Anat. Abus., E vj b. Ye vertiginie, & instability of their more than fantastical brains.
1605. B. Jonson, Volpone, II. ii. For the Vertigine, in the head,… a most soueraigne, and approoued remedy.
1608. Topsell, Serpents, 32. It induceth a kinde of heauines or drunkennesse in their head, with a vertiginie [1658 vertiginy] or giddines.
