Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England/Volume 3

by Thomas Oswald Cockayne

LEECHDOMS, WORTCUNNING,

AND

STARCRAFT

OF

EARLY ENGLAND.

 

BEING

A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS, FOR THE MOST PART NEVER BEFORE PRINTED,

ILLUSTRATING

THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST.

 

COLLECTED AND EDITED

BY THE

REV. OSWALD COCKAYNE, M.A. CANTAB.

 

VOL. III.

 

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS.

 

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER.

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1866.

Printed by
Eyre and Spottiswoode, Her Majesty's Printers.
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

CONTENTS.

 

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Page

Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

vii

Lacnunga ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

Περι Διδαξεων ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

81

Be Eacenum Wife ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

144

Ymbe Mannes Gecynde ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

146

De Observatione Lvnæ ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

150

De Somniorvm Eventv ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

168

Horalogivm ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

218

Qvot Horas Lvna Lvceat ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

222

De Temporibvs ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

232

Charms continued ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

286

Durham Glossary of Names of Plants ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

297

Saxon Names of Plants ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

307

Glossary ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

351

Index ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

375

Names of Persons ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

397

HISTORICAL FRAGMENTS

Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

401

Of St. Mildrið, Tanet ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

423

Admission of Milðrið as Nun ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

429

Eadgar's Reestablishment of Monasteries ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

433

Pedigree of Kings of Essex ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

445

Names of Places ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

447

Names of Persons ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

449