The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Metrical Charm 2: The Nine Herbs Charm
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Gemyne ðu, mucgwyrt, hwæt þu ameldodest,
hwæt þu renadest æt Regenmelde.
Una þu hattest, yldost wyrta.
ðu miht wið III and wið XXX,
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þu miht wiþ attre and wið onflyge,
þu miht wiþ þam laþan
ðe geond lond færð.
Ond þu, wegbrade, wyrta modor,
eastan openo, innan mihtigu;
ofer ðe crætu curran,
ofer ðe cwene reodan,
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ofer ðe bryde bryodedon, ofer
þe fearras fnærdon.
Eallum þu þon wiðstode and wiðstunedest;
swa ðu wiðstonde attre and onflyge
and þæm laðan þe geond lond fereð.
Stune hætte þeos wyrt, heo on stane geweox;
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stond heo wið attre, stunað heo wærce.
Stiðe heo hatte, wiðstunað heo attre,
wreceð heo wraðan, weorpeð ut attor.
þis is seo wyrt seo wiþ wyrm gefeaht,
þeos mæg wið attre, heo mæg wið
onflyge,
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heo mæg wið ðam laþan
ðe geond lond fereþ.
Fleoh þu nu, attorlaðe, seo læsse ða
maran,
seo mare þa læssan, oððæt
him beigra bot sy.
Gemyne þu, mægðe, hwæt þu
ameldodest,
hwæt ðu geændadest æt Alorforda;
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þæt næfre for gefloge feorh ne gesealde
syþðan him mon mægðan to mete gegyrede.
þis is seo wyrt ðe wergulu hatte;
ðas onsænde seolh ofer sæs hrygc
ondan attres oþres to bote.
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ðas VIIII magon wið
nygon attrum.
Wyrm com snican, toslat he man;
ða genam Woden VIIII wuldortanas,
sloh ða þa næddran, þæt
heo on VIIII tofleah.
þær geændade æppel and attor,
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þæt heo næfre ne wolde on hus bugan.
Fille and finule, felamihtigu twa,
þa wyrte gesceop witig drihten,
halig on heofonum, þa he hongode;
sette and sænde on VII worulde
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earmum and eadigum eallum to bote.
Stond heo wið wærce, stunað heo wið
attre,
seo mæg wið III and wið XXX,
wið feondes hond and wið færbregde,
wið malscrunge manra wihta.
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Nu magon þas VIIII wyrta wið nygon
wuldorgeflogenum,
wið VIIII attrum and wið nygon onflygnum,
wið ðy readan attre, wið ðy
runlan attre,
wið ðy hwitan attre, wið ðy wedenan
attre,
wið ðy geolwan attre, wið ðy grenan
attre,
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wið ðy wonnan attre, wið ðy wedenan
attre,
wið ðy brunan attre, wið ðy basewan
attre,
wið wyrmgeblæd, wið wætergeblæd,
wið þorngeblæd, wið þystelgeblæd,
wið ysgeblæd, wið attorgeblæd,
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gif ænig attor cume eastan fleogan
oððe ænig norðan cume
oððe ænig westan ofer werðeode.
Crist stod ofer adle ængan cundes.
Ic ana wat ea rinnende
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þær þa nygon nædran
nean behealdað;
motan ealle weoda nu wyrtum aspringan,
sæs toslupan, eal sealt wæter,
ðonne ic þis attor of ðe geblawe.
Mugcwyrt, wegbrade þe eastan open sy, lombescyrse,
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attorlaðan, mageðan, netelan, wudusuræppel, fille and finul,
ealde sapan. Gewyrc ða wyrta to duste, mængc wiþ þa
sapan and wiþ þæs æpples gor. Wyrc slypan of wætere
and of axsan, genim finol, wyl on þære slyppan and beþe mid
æggemongc, þonne he þa sealfe on do,
ge ær ge æfter. Sing
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þæt galdor on ælcre þara wyrta, III ær
he hy wyrce and
on þone æppel ealswa; ond singe þon men in þone muð
and
in þa earan buta and on ða wunde þæt ilce gealdor, ær
he
þa sealfe on do.
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