At the end of the charm, prose instructions are given to take the above mentioned herbs, crush them to dust, and to mix them with old soap and apple juice. Further instructions are given to make a paste from water and ashes, boil fennel into the paste, bathe it with beaten egg - both before and after the prepared salve is applied. [2]
Enjoying, identifying, eating, and using common plants found in my backyard and nearby empty lots, roadsides, and parks.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Nine Herbs Charm
Ond þu, wegbrade, wyrta modor, eastan op no, innan mihtigu; ofer ð cræt curran, ofer ð cwene reodan, ofer ð bryde bryodedon, ofer ð fearras fnærdon. Eallum þu þon wiðstonde and wiðstunedest; swa ðu wiðstonde attre and onflyge and þæm laðan þe geond lond fereð. And, you, Waybread [Plantain], mother of herbs, open to the east, mighty within; carts rolled over you, women rode over you, over you brides cried out, bulls snorted over you. All you withstood then, and were crushed; So you withstand poison and contagion and the loathsome one who travels through the land. [1] --- from Lacnunga LXXIX-LXXXII The Nine Herbs Charm is an Old English charm recorded in the 10th century Lacnunga manuscript. The charm is intended for treatment of poison and infection through the preparation of nine herbs. The charm lists nine herbs:
Mucgwyrt (Mugwort)
Attorlaðe (identified as Cockspur Grass or Betony)
Stune (Lamb's Cress)
Wegbrade (Plantain)
Mægðe (Mayweed)
Stiðe (Nettle)
Wergulu (Crab-apple)
Fille (Thyme)
Finule (Fennel)
At the end of the charm, prose instructions are given to take the above mentioned herbs, crush them to dust, and to mix them with old soap and apple juice. Further instructions are given to make a paste from water and ashes, boil fennel into the paste, bathe it with beaten egg - both before and after the prepared salve is applied. [2]
[1] http://www.heorot.dk/woden-9herbs.html, retrieved July 10, 2009
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Herbs_Charm, retrieved July 15, 2009
[3] http://www.heorot.dk/woden-9herbs-i.html, retrieved July 15, 2009
At the end of the charm, prose instructions are given to take the above mentioned herbs, crush them to dust, and to mix them with old soap and apple juice. Further instructions are given to make a paste from water and ashes, boil fennel into the paste, bathe it with beaten egg - both before and after the prepared salve is applied. [2]
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