These nine go against nine poisons.

A worm came crawling, he wounded nothing.

Then Woden took nine glory-twigs (wuldor tanas)

smote then the adder that it flew apart into nine (parts).

There apple and poison brought it about

that she never would dwell in the house.

Chervil and Fennel, very mighty two,

these herbs he created, the wise Lord

holy in heaven when He hung;

He established and sent them into the seven worlds,

to the poor and the rich, for all a remedy.

She stands against pain, she assaults poison,

who has power against three and against thirty,

against enemy's hand and against great terror

against the bewitching of little/vile wights.

Now these nine herbs have power against nine evil spirits

(wuldorgeflogenum, "fugitives from glory"),

against nine poisons and against nine flying venoms:

Against the red poison, against the foul poison,

against the white poison, against the purple poison,

against the yellow poison, against the green poison,

against the dark poison, against the blue poison,

against the brown poison, against the crimson poison.

Against worm-blister, against water-blister,

against thorn-blister, against thistle-blister,

against ice-blister, against poison-blister.

If any poison flying from the east,

or any from the north . . . come

or any from the west over humanity.

Christ stood over the old ones, the malignant ones (?).

I alone know running streams

and the nine adders now they behold (?).

All weeds must now give way to herbs

the seas slip apart, all salt water,

when I this poison blow from you.