Nine Ƿorts Galder

This is an Anglish translation of the "Nine Herbs Charm", an Old English incantation.

The meanings of the words BRYODEDON, FREABEGDE, and RUNLAN are unknown to me, so they haven't been touched.

Newer Grammar
you, mugwort, what you ,

What you at the.

Una you, oldest of worts,

You have might III and wither XXX,

you have might wither and wither ,

you have might wither the loathsome who fare the land.

And you, waybroad, wort's mother,

From the east open, inside mighty;

over you creak, over you queens rode,

over you brides BRYODEDON, over you snorted.

You withstood and all;

so too you withstood atter and onfly

and the loathsome who fare yond the land.

Stun this wort hight, it waxed on stone

It stood wither atter, it stuns

Stithe it hight, it withstuns atter,

it the  one, it  out atter.

This is the wort that fought wither

This wort has might wither atter, it has might wither onfly

It has might wither the loathsome who fare yond the land.

Fly now you, atterloathe, the less the more,

the more the less, boot is for both with him

Mun you,, what you melded,

what you ended at Alderford

that one shall never sell for

after someone mathe as  for him

This is the wort that hight wergulu;

This wort sent out a seal over sea's ridge

atter's, other's boot

These VIIII may wither nine atters

A worm came sneaking, it slit man

then Wooden VIIII

then slew the so that it flew into VIIII bits

There ended apple and atter,

that it would never into a house

Fill and fennel, mighty two

These worts were shaped by a witty

holy in heavens, when he hung

he set and sent into VII worlds

for the and for the, all for boot.

It stood wither wark, it stuns wither atter,

it has might wither III, and wither XXX,

wither hand, and wither FREABEGDE

wither  wights

Now may these VIIII worts wither nine

wither VIIII atters and wither nine onflies

wither the red atter, wither the RUNLAN atter

wither the white atter, wither the atter

wither the yellow atter, wither the green atter

wither the wan atter, wither the atter

wither the brown atter, wither the atter

wither wormblad, wither waterblad

wither thornblad, wither thistleblad

wither iceblad, wither atterblad

if any atter comes from the east flying

or any from the north comes

or any from the west comes over

Christ stood over, one of a kind

Only I the running

there the nine nadders behold

all weeds now spring as worts

seas slip all salt water

while I blow this this atter off you

Mugwort, waybroad which is open from the east, lambscrest, atterloathe, mathe, nettle, woodsourapple, fill and fennel, old soap.

Work the worts into dust, with the soap and with the apple's gore.

Work a of water and of ash. Nim the fennel, in the slip and  with  when he dons the salve, ere and after.

Sing the galder on each of the worts thrice ere he works, and on the apple also, and sing then men in the mouth, and in both the ears, and on the wound that galder, ere he dons the salve.

Older Grammar
thou, mugwort, what thou ,

What thou at the.

Una thou, oldest of worts,

Thou  III and wither XXX,

thou may wither and wither ,

thou may wither the loathsome who the land fare.

And thou, waybroad, wort's mother,

From the east open, inside mighty;

over thee creak, over thee queens rode,

over thee brides BRYODEDON, over thee snorted.

All thou withstoodst and ;

so too thou withstoodst atter and onfly

and the loathsome who yond the land fare.

Stun hight this wort, it on stone waxed

Stood it wither atter, stunneth it

Stithe it hight, withstunneth it atter,

it the one,  out atter.

This is the wort that wither fought

This may wither atter, it may wither onfly

It may wither the loathsome who yond the land fare.

Fly thou now, atterloathe, the less the more,

the more the less, with him boot for both is

Mun thou,, what thou meldedst,

what thou endedst at Alderford

that never for  sell

for him mathe as

This is the wort that wergulu hight;

This a seal over sea's ridge

atter's, other's boot

These VIIII may wither nine atters

A worm came sneaking, slit he man

then Wooden VIIII

slew then the that it into VIIII bits flew

There ended apple and atter,

that it never would in house bow

Fill and fennel, mighty two

These worts shaped witty

holy in heavens, when he hung

he set and sent into VII worlds

for and for, all for boot.

Stood it wither wark, stunneth it wither atter,

it may wither III, and wither XXX,

wither hand, and wither FREABEGDE

wither  wights

Now may these VIIII worts wither nine

wither VIIII atters and wither nine onflies

wither the red atter, wither the RUNLAN atter

wither the white atter, wither the atter

wither the yellow atter, wither the green atter

wither the wan atter, wither the atter

wither the brown atter, wither the atter

wither wormblad, wither waterblad

wither thornblad, wither thistleblad

wither iceblad, wither atterblad

if any atter cometh, from the east flying

or any from the north cometh

or any from the west over

Christ stood over, one of a kind

Only I the running

there the nine nadders behold

all weeds now as worts spring

seas slip, all salt water

while I this atter off thee blow

Mugwort, waybroad which is open from the east, lambscrest, atterloathe, mathe, nettle, woodsourapple, fill and fennel, old soap.

Work the worts into dust, with the soap and with the apple's gore. Work a of water and of ash.

Nim the fennel, in the slip and  with  when he doth on the salve, ere and after.

Sing the galder on each of the worts thrice ere he worketh, and on the apple also, and sing then men in the mouth, and in both the ears, and on the wound that galder, ere he doth on the salve.