Metrical Charm 3: Against a Dwarf University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.43.3 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems Metrical Charm 3: Against a Dwarf
her com in gangan in spiderwiht hæfde him his haman on handa cwæð ðæt ðu his hæncgest wære legde ðe his teage an sweoran ongunnan him of ðæm lande liðan sona swa hy of ðæm lande coman ða ongunnan him ða liðu colian ða com in gangan dweores sweostar ða geændade heo and aðas swor ðæt næfre ðis ðæm adlegan derian ne moste ne ðæm ðe ðis galdor begytan mihte oððe ðe ðis galdor ongalan cuðe [Amenx Fiað]