
Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 338 of 343
Metrical Charm 7: For the Water-Elf Disease
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
Gif mon biþ on wæterælfadle, þonne beoþ him þa hand- næglas wonne and þa eagan tearige and wile locian niþer. Do him þis to læcedome: eoforþrote, cassuc, fone nioþo- weard, eowberge, elehtre, eolone, merscmealwan crop, fenminte, dile, lilie, attorlaþe, polleie, marubie, docce, ellen, felterre, wermod, streawbergean leaf, consolde; ofgeot mid ealaþ, do hæligwæter to, sing þis gealdor ofer þriwa: Ic benne awrat betest beadowræda, swa benne ne burnon, ne burston, ne fundian, ne feologan, ne hoppettan, ne wund waxsian, ne dolh diopian; ac him self healde halewæge, ne ace þe þon ma, þe eorþan on eare ace. Sing þis manegum siþum: Eorþe þe onbere eallum hire
mihtum and mægenum. þas galdor mon mæg singan on wunde.