The “Nine Herbs Charm” is an Old English charm recorded in the 10th-century AD Lacnunga manuscript. The charm is intended for the treatment of poisoning and infection by a preparation of nine herbs. The numbers…
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Wið færstice
“Wið færstice” is an Old English medical text surviving in the collection known now as Lacnunga in the British Library. “Wið færstice” means ‘against a sudden/violent stabbing pain’; and according to Felix Grendon, whose collection…
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