The Canterbury charm is an Old Norse runic charm inserted in the lower margin of an Anglo-Saxon manuscript (London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.xv, folios 123v to 124r) from the year 1073. == Inscription == The runes are clear, and the transliteration of the runes is straight-forward (spaces between words not present in the original): Similarly, the charm is translated by Macleod and Mees (2006) as: Gyril wound-causer, go now!
The Canterbury charm is an Old Norse runic charm inserted in the lower margin of an Anglo-Saxon manuscript (London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.xv, folios 123v to 124r) from the year 1073. == Inscription == The runes are clear, and the transliteration of the runes is straight-forward (spaces between words not present in the original): Similarly, the charm is translated by Macleod and Mees (2006) as: Gyril wound-causer, go now!
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