Nine Ƿorts Galder

This is an Anglish translation of the "Nine Herbs Charm", an Old English incantation. The meanings or of the words BRYODEDON, FREABEGDE, WERGULU, and RUNLAN are unknown to me, so I didn't touch them.

Beware: this article uses spellings which have had foreign influence reverted.

The Writ
þue, mugwort, what þue ,

What þue at þe.

Unna þue, oldest of worts,

Þue  III and wiþer XXX,

þue may wiþer and wiþer ,

þue may wiþer þe loaþsome who þe land fare.

And þue, waybroad, wort's moþer,

From þe east open, inside michty;

over þee creak, over þee cweens rode,

over þee brides BRYODEDON, over þee snorted.

All þue wiþstoodst and ;

so too þue wiþstoodst atter and onfly

and þe loaþsome who yond þe land fare.

Stun hicht þiss wort, it on stone waxed

Stood it wiþer atter, stunneþ it

Stiþe it hicht, wiþstunneþ it atter,

it þe one,  ute atter.

This is þe wort þat wiþer foucht

This may wiþer atter, it may wiþer onfly

It may wiþer þe loaþsome who yond þe land fare.

Fly þue nue, atterloaþe, þe less þe more,

þe more þe less, wiþ him boot for boþ is

Mun þue,, what þue meldedst,

what þue endedst at Alderford

þat never for  sell

for him maþe as

This is þe wort þat WERGULU hicht;

This a seal over sea's ridge

atter's, oþer's boot

These VIIII may wiþer nine atters

A worm came sneaking, slit he man

þen Wooden VIIII

slew þen þe þat it into VIIII bits flew

There ended appel and atter,

þat it never would in huse bue

Fill and fennel, michty 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 wiþer wark, stunneþ it wiþer atter,

it may wiþer III, and wiþer XXX,

wiþer hand, and wiþer FREABEGDE

wiþer  wichts

Nue may þese VIIII worts wiþer nine

wiþer VIIII atters and wiþer nine onflies

wiþer þe red atter, wiþer þe RUNLAN atter

wiþer þe white atter, wiþer þe atter

wiþer þe yellow atter, wiþer þe green atter

wiþer þe wan atter, wiþer þe atter

wiþer þe brune atter, wiþer þe atter

wiþer wormblad, wiþer waterblad

wiþer þornblad, wiþer þistelblad

wiþer iseblad, wiþer atterblad

if any atter comeþ, from þe east flying

or any from þe norþ comeþ

or any from þe west over

Crist stood over, one of a kind

Only I þe running

þere þe nine nadders behold

all weeds nue as worts spring

seas slip, all salt water

while I þiss atter off þee blow

Mugwort, waybroad which is open from þe east, lambscrest, atterloaþe, maþe, nettel, woodsureappel, fill and fennel, old soap.

Work þe worts into dust, wiþ þe soap and wiþ þe appel's gore. Work a of water and of ash.

Nim þe fennel, in þe slip and  wiþ  when he doþ on þe salve, ere and after.

Sing þe galder on each of þe worts þrise ere he workeþ, and on þe appel also, and sing þen men in þe muþe, and in boþ þe ears, and on þe wund þat galder, ere he doþ on þe salve.