For Loss or Theft of Cattle

Facsimile of a miniature in an Anglo-Saxon manuscript with oxen pulling a plough

"For Loss or Theft of Cattle," or "For Loss of Cattle," is the name given to three Anglo-Saxon metrical charms that were intended for use in keeping cattle from being stolen and ensuring their return.[1]

Charm V and Charm X represent two versions of the same macaronic text in Old English and Latin. Felix Grendon pointed out that lines 6–19 of Charm IX are significantly more "heathen" than the prose introduction.[2]

  1. ^ "Anglo-Saxon metrical charms - Profilbaru.Com". profilbaru.com.
  2. ^ The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records: A Collective Edition. (1931:cxxxvi). United States: Columbia University Press.