I have found 6 variations of the Tigath gardor (charm) referred to in a theses by Edward Thomas Pettit which I list below as they may be of interest. This charm which would have been sung over a sick person was used in Anglo-Saxon times as part of a magical healing process.
6
versions
1.Bald's
Leechbook (1 12/24-1 14/1):
Acre.
aercre . aer nem. nadre. aercuna hel. aer nem. ni thern. aer. asan.
bui
thine. adcrice. aer nem. meodre . aer nem. aethern. aer nem. allu.
honor
ucus.
idar. ad cert. cunolari. raticamo . helae. icas cristi ta. haele . to
baert.
tera . fueli . cui. robater. plana. uili.
2
Lacnunga. Entry LXIII (II. 254-7):
Acrc
arcre arnem nona arnem beothor aernem. nidren. arcun cunath ele
harassan
fidne
3
Lacnunga. Entry XXV (11. 86-91):
"Tigath
tigath tigath calicet. aclu cluel sedes adclocles. acre earcre arnem.
nonabiuth
aer aernem nithren arcum cunath arcum arctua fligara uflen binchi
cuteri.
nicuparam raf afth egal ufen arta, arta. arta trauncula. Trauncula.
4
Lacnunga. Entry LXXXIII:
Tigath
5
Oxford, Bodician Library, MS Bodley 163 fol. 227:
Tigath
. Tigath . Tigath . calic& aclocluel sedes adclocles arcre .
enxrcre
ererne(m)
Nonabaioth arcu(m) cunat arcu(m) arcua fligara soh withni
necules
culeri rafaf thegal uflen binchni . arta, arta. arta. tnxuncula.
tnxuncula.
Tnxuncula.
6
Cambridge. Gonville and Caius College MS 379 599, fol. 49R:
"Thigat.
Thigat. calicet. Archlo. cluel. tedes. Achodes. Arde. et
hercleno(n).
Abaioth. ArcocugliA. Arcu. ArcuA. fulgura. sophiunit. ni.
Cofued.
necutes cuteri. nicuram. Thefalnegal. Vflem. Archa. cu(n) hunelaja.
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