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.
 * Stune this wort hight, it waxed on stone
 * It stood wither atter, it stuns
 * Stiðe 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, until boot is for both with him
 * Mun you,, what you melded,
 * what you ended at Alorforda
 * 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
 * Fille and finule, 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, 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, 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.
 * 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 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 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 Wooden VIIII
 * slew then the 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 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, 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, 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.