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The Anglo-Saxon Metrical Charms
Charm 12
Metrical
Charm 12: Against a Wen
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
- Wenne, wenne,
wenchichenne,
her ne scealt þu timbrien, ne nenne tun
habben,
ac þu scealt north eonene to þan
nihgan berhge,
þer þu hauest, ermig, enne broþer.
- 5
- He þe sceal legge
leaf et heafde.
Under fot wolues, under ueþer
earnes,
under earnes clea, a þu geweornie.
Clinge þu alswa col on heorþe,
scring þu alswa scerne
awage,
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- and weorne
alswa weter on anbre.
Swa litel þu gewurþe alswa linsetcorn,
and miccli lesse alswa anes handwurmes hupeban,
and alswa litel þu gewurþe þet
þu nawiht gewurþe.
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