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The Anglo-Saxon Metrical Charms


Charm 2


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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