Old English Metrical Charm (Incantations, Spells and Curses)

Verse charms written down in Anglo-Saxon England that mix Christian prayer with older folk practice, such as the Æcerbot for the fertility of the fields, the Nine Herbs Charm and the charm against a sudden stitch. An entry belongs here when its article presents the text as a metrical charm in Old English. The group page lists related spell texts together so that a reader can compare how a tradition recorded and used its charms.