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For a Swarm of Bees
''For a Swarm of Bees'' is an Anglo-Saxon metrical charm that was intended for use in keeping honey bees from swarming. The text was discovered by John Mitchell Kemble in the 19th century.
Despite the ostensibly mundane intent of the magic charm, many scholars have seen the ''sigewif'' ('victory-women') as metaphors for supernatural beings to be called on for aid in battle, or a direct reference to them. There are similarities between the Anglo-Saxon bee charm and the 9th-century German Lorsch Bee Blessing.
== Charm text ==
The charm is named for the opening words of the text that was found by John Mitchell Kemble,〔Kemble (1876:403-404).〕 which were in Old English, "''wiþ ymbe''", meaning "against (or towards) a swarm of bees".〔Bosworth (1889).〕 In the most often studied portion, towards the end of the text where the charm itself is located, the bees are referred to as "victory-women" (Old English ''sigewif''). the scholar Felix Grendon noted remarkable similarities between this charm and the German Lorsch Bee Blessing (''Lorscher Bienensegen'').〔Grendon (1909).〕
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