The Canterbury charm is an Old Norse runic charm discovered inserted in the margin of an Anglo-Saxon manuscript from the year 1073. The runes are clear...
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The item's function has been compared to the Sigtuna amulet I and Canterbury charm that seek to drive away a "lord of þursar" that is causing an infection...
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century, one from England and one from Sweden. The first, the Canterbury Charm from Canterbury, England, calls upon Thor to heal a wound by banishing a thurs...
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phrase Þor vigi ("may Thor hallow" or "may Thor protect") found on the Canterbury Charm, Glavendrup stone, Sønder Kirkeby Runestone, Velanda Runestone and...
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Grønvik (1999), is also attested in a later West-Norse form dyrgja. Canterbury charm Kvinneby amulet Ribe healing-stick Saltfleetby spindle-whorl Sigtuna...
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Against a dwarf (category Anglo-Saxon metrical charms)
symptoms such as injury, hallucinations and fevers. Apotropaic magic Canterbury charm Kvinneby amulet Sigtuna amulet I The source does not specify whether...
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with the abscess. (He) has fully cought the pus. Flee away, fever! Canterbury charm Kvinneby amulet Near Fakenham plaque Ribe skull fragment Sigtuna amulet...
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believed to equate to the elimination of the sickness. Apotropaic magic Canterbury charm Kvinneby amulet Sigtuna amulet I PAS. Hines 2019, p. 36. Hines 2019...
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Christian figures are not exclusively relied on, however, with the Canterbury charm from a manuscript dated to around 1073 invoking the god Þórr for healing...
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and Wulfstan) and ‘’Othan’’ (found in Historia de Sancto Cuthberto). Canterbury charm Near Fakenham plaque Kvinneby amulet Sigtuna amulet I PAS. Jesch 2020...
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