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The charm is intended for use against a specific ailment, described as "blood-vessel pus." MacLeod and Mees note that while Thor is not revered in surviving sources for his medical abilities, he was well attested as harboring enmity towards giants and as a protector of mankind. MacLeod and Mees
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The runes are clear, and the transliteration of the runes is straight-forward (spaces between words not present in the original):
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Gyrils sārþvara far þū nū! Fundinn eʀ þū! Þōrr vīgi þik, {} þursa drōttinn, Gyrils sārþvara. Viðr aðravari.
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kuril sarþuara far þu nu funtin is tu þur uigi þik ¶ þorsa trutin iuril sarþuara uiþr {aþra uari}
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charm discovered inserted in the margin of an Anglo-Saxon manuscript from the year 1073.
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Gyrill's wound-tap, you go now! You are found! May Thor hallow you, lord of the
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bless you, lord of ogres! Gyril wound-causer. Against blood-vessel pus!
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Similarly, the charm is translated by
Macleod and Mees (2006) as:
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in orange. Yellow and green denote related
Germanic languages.
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Gustavson, Helmer. (2010) Sårfeberbenet från
Sigtuna.
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23:The original runes, with Latin transliteration
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296:Macleod, Mindy. Mees, Bernard (2006).
226:compare the charm to the 11th-century
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267:Macleod and Mees, Bernard (2006:120).
236:a then-recently discovered rib bone
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16:Old Norse runic charm from 1073
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992:Sources on Germanic paganism
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815:Medieval Scandinavian law
276:Gustavson, Helmer. (2010)
234:, and the inscription on
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533:Hel (mythological being)
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745:Death in Norse paganism
511:Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar
323:Cotton MS Caligula A XV
982:Historical runic magic
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735:Seeress (Germanic)
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730:Runic magic
715:Vé (shrine)
710:Heathen hof
640:Urðarbrunnr
630:Mímisbrunnr
610:Ginnungagap
555:Jörmungandr
434:Norse–Gaels
374:Scandinavia
361:in red and
357:in CE 900:
42:Inscription
971:Categories
920:Runestones
900:Prose Edda
655:Jötunheimr
645:Yggdrasill
635:Hvergelmir
620:Muspelheim
429:Viking Age
353:Extent of
291:Situne Dei
284:References
238:also from
877:Wild Hunt
835:Old Norse
810:Mead hall
765:Berserker
700:Midsummer
605:Fólkvangr
585:Vanaheimr
573:Cosmology
523:Einherjar
190:aðravari.
187:aþra uari
174:sārþvara.
158:drōttinn,
33:Old Norse
872:Ragnarök
800:Holmgang
650:Valhalla
625:Niflheim
548:Valkyrie
341:Norsemen
333:a series
331:Part of
171:sarþuara
62:sārþvara
59:sarþuara
889:Sources
805:Leidang
758:Society
600:Bifröst
595:Vígríðr
590:Midgard
491:Sigmund
439:Normans
392:History
379:History
240:Sigtuna
94:Fundinn
857:Events
845:Thrall
780:Erilaz
580:Asgard
528:Fenrir
501:Vættir
486:Sigurd
481:Jötunn
335:on the
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244:Sweden
202:trolls
166:Gyrils
155:trutin
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91:funtin
54:Gyrils
31:is an
840:Thing
785:Félag
740:Galdr
720:Gothi
705:Hörgr
680:Seiðr
543:Norns
474:Vanir
250:Notes
163:iuril
150:þursa
147:þorsa
51:kuril
36:runic
915:Saga
795:Hird
775:Ergi
770:Earl
690:Yule
675:Blót
469:Æsir
464:Gods
307:ISBN
214:Thor
182:Viðr
179:uiþr
134:þik,
126:vīgi
123:uigi
118:Þōrr
27:The
825:Nīþ
538:Dís
506:Elf
131:þik
115:þur
110:þū!
86:nū!
70:far
67:far
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107:tu
102:eʀ
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