Nine Ƿorts Galder

Opening
The Nine Herbs Charm was an Old English charm. Although it references Christ, it seems to have pagan roots, since it mentions Woden and has other pre-Christian themes.

In Contemporary Wording

 * , mugwort, what you ,
 * What you at the.
 * Una you are named, oldest of worts,
 * You have might against 3 and against 30,
 * you have might against and against ,
 * you have might against the loathsome who throughout the land fare


 * And you, waybroad, wort's mother,
 * From the east open, inside mighty;
 * over you carts creak, over you queens rode
 * over you brides BRYODEDON, over you bulls snorted.
 * You withstood all, and all
 * so too you withstood atter and onfly
 * and the loathsome who throughout the land fare.


 * STUNE this wort is named, it waxed on stone
 * Stood it against atter, stuns it


 * STIÐE it is called, withstuns it atter,
 * it the  one, throws out atter.
 * This wort has might against atter, it has might against onfly
 * It has might against the loathsome who throughout the land fare.


 * Fly now, atterloathe, the less the more,
 * the more the less, until he is BEIGRA


 * Mun, mathe, what thou melded,
 * what you ended at Allerford
 * that never should one give their to
 * after one has mathe for him as


 * This is the wort that is called WERGULU
 * This wort sent a seal over the sea's ridge
 * to atter, boot to others


 * These 9 worts have might against nine atters
 * A worm came sneaking, he slit man
 * then Woden took 9 ,
 * and slew the adder so that it flew into 9 bits.
 * There ended apple and atter,
 * so that the worm would never bend its way into a house


 * Fille and finule, mighty two.
 * These worts shaped the witty
 * holy in heavens, when he hung
 * he set up and sent forth into 7 worlds
 * for and for, all for boot.
 * It stood against wark, it stuns against atter,
 * it has might against 3 and against 30
 * against hand, and against FREABEGDE
 * against


 * Now these 9 worts have might against nine
 * against 9 atters and against nine onflies
 * against the red atter, against RUNLAN atter
 * against the white atter, against the blue atter
 * against the yellow atter, against the green atter
 * against the atter, against the  atter
 * against the brown atter, against the atter
 * against wormblad, against waterblad
 * against thornblad, against thistleblad
 * against iceblad, against atterblad
 * if any atter comes flying from the east
 * or if any comes from the north
 * or if any comes from the west over.
 * Christ stood over, as one of a kind.
 * Only I the running ,
 * there the nine adders behold,
 * now all weeds must spring as worts.
 * Seas slip, all salt water,
 * while I blow this atter off you

In Archaic Wording

 * 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 fareth.


 * 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 fareth.


 * STUNE hight this wort, it on stone waxed
 * Stood it wither atter, stunneth it


 * STIÐE it hight, withstunneth it atter,
 * it the one,  out atter.
 * This is the wort that wither fought
 * This wither atter, it may wither onfly
 * It may wither the loathsome who yond the land fareth.


 * Fly thou now, atterloathe, the less the more,
 * the more the less, he BEIGRA  be


 * Mun thou,, what thou meldedst,
 * what thou endedst at Alorforda
 * 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 Woden VIIII
 * slew then the nadder that it into VIIII bits flew
 * There ended apple and atter,
 * that it never would in house bow


 * Fille and finule, 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 beholdeth
 * 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, fille and finule, 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, WYL in the slip and BEÞE with  when he doth on 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 doth on the salve.