一切經音義 57.305

57.305

為飴（以之反方言凡飴謂之餳也毛詩箋云甘如飴也說文以米櫱煎成之從食呂聲[耜-耒]古文以字）。

為飴: Phonetic spelling 以之. The Fangyan says: 'Generally, maltose is called 飴.' The commentary on the Classic of Poetry says: 'Sweet as maltose (飴).' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Decocted and prepared from rice and sprouts; it follows 食 with 呂 as phonetic.' [耜-耒] is the ancient form of the character 以.