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...

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...

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...

phrase Þor vigi ("may Thor hallow" or "may Thor protect") found on the Canterbury Charm, Glavendrup stone, Sønder Kirkeby Runestone, Velanda Runestone and...

Grønvik (1999), is also attested in a later West-Norse form dyrgja. Canterbury charm Kvinneby amulet Ribe healing-stick Saltfleetby spindle-whorl Sigtuna...

symptoms such as injury, hallucinations and fevers. Apotropaic magic Canterbury charm Kvinneby amulet Sigtuna amulet I The source does not specify whether...

with the abscess. (He) has fully cought the pus. Flee away, fever! Canterbury charm Kvinneby amulet Near Fakenham plaque Ribe skull fragment Sigtuna amulet...

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...

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...

and Wulfstan) and ‘’Othan’’ (found in Historia de Sancto Cuthberto). Canterbury charm Near Fakenham plaque Kvinneby amulet Sigtuna amulet I PAS. Jesch 2020...