Contents List of Figures ll. No eBook available Amazon. Much of this book is Pollingtons translations of the text from the original documents from old English to modern English, and he also includes the old English version too. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Three key Old English texts are reproduced in full, accompanied by new translations: 
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These were, despite their strange terminology, working medical manuals-- charms and all-- and Pollington does his best to decipher the botany involved, though, as he points out, many of them borrow heavily from the Latin tradition.
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There's an extremely useful dictionary of the various plants and herbs and their uses. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The most reliable leechcrxft for information about pre-Christian British healing, though it comes from the time of the adoption of Christianity. Much of this book is Pollingtons translations of the text from the original documents from old English to modern English, and he also i I have two of Pollingtons books and they are both great, as is this one.
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The appendices are also very interesting, looking at amulets, charms, mythical creatures and trees and their platnlore. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. My library Leschcraft Advanced Book Search. Compulsory reading for cunning folk. Mar 15, Jennifer Heise rated it really liked it Shelves: Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.
No trivia or quizzes yet. An examination of every aspect of the early English approach to illness and healing, including: No eBook available Amazon. To ask other readers questions about Leechcraftplease sign up.
Other editions - View all Leechcraft: List of Figures ll. Account Options Sign in. Three key Old English texts are reproduced in full, accompanied by new translations: Cracking book, bringing together the texts of some fascinating manuscripts in an accessible format.
Common terms and phrases adder's bite amulets Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon England baera baere baes baet Bald's Leechbook bas ylcan wyrte betony Bierbaumer boil bone bonne burh buteran bysse ylcan wyrte calls charm cnuca daege Deos wyrt donne drenc drince drink dust dysse eagena ealle fremad gecnucude gemete genim bas wyrte genim bas ylcan genim bysse wyrte genim bysse ylcan Germanic geswel give hafad heafod healing Herb Herba honey hunige hyre innards innodes Lacnunga Latin leaf leechdom lege to bam maege magical mugwort naedran slite nemneb nemned Nine Herbs Charm Norse obrum odrum naman OE Herbarium ofer Old English paet pain plant names poultice pound root sare sare genim seaw seed seod shaman slite smear smire smyre sona swylce syle drincan sylfan take this plant tosomne tradition Vriend Wid baet wine wounds wunda wyll Wyrc wyrta wyrttruman.
Account Options Sign in. One of the most useful books about the Anglo-Saxon period that I own. An excellent translation and analysis of the Anglo-Saxon healing texts, including the Leechbook of BaldLacnungaOld English Herbarium and several fragments.
Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant-Lore and Healing
Pollington is however primarily a linguist, anv there are places where I find his plant identification highly doubtful. But beyond that Pollington also goes into other beliefs and practices in Anglo-Saxon England, shamanism, amulets, causes of disease, charms, dreams, omens and tree-lore. Early English Charms, Plant Lore, and Healing Stephen Pollington Anglo-Saxon BooksApr 23, - History - pages 2 Reviews A comprehensive and detailed examination of every aspect of the early English approach to illness and healing, including a full list of the plants used and the properties they contain.
Pollington znd a man who can be relied upon for accurate, detailed and thoroughly engaging reference books and there's no exception here. Contents List of Figures ll. Books by Stephen Pollington. Not a beginner text or something hcarms be used for current herbal purposes, but one of the best sources for pre-university herbal and medical practice.
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