Against a dwarf

The remedies LXXXVIIc and LXXXVIIIc consist of writing Christian symbols, such as crosses and both Latin and Greek letters, along the arms of the sick person.

[1] Remedy XCIIIb is the most detailed of the Ƿið Dƿeorh charms, consisting of writing the names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus on Communion wafers before reciting a galdor: Wið dweorh: man sceal niman .VII.

Leg[d]e þe his teage [o]n sweoran; ongunnan him of þæm lande liþan.

[3] It has been argued that the Ƿið Dƿeorh charms form part of a wider North Sea Germanic tradition that links dwarfs to the onset of sickness, also attested in the 8th century CE Ribe skull fragment and a lead plaque found near Fakenham in Norfolk dating to the 8th–11th century CE.

[6] It has been proposed that the sickness in question is related to sleeping because of the inclusion of the Seven Sleepers in the charm.

According to one source, "The names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus occur in various charms of the Middle Ages.

[8] Similarity between the dwarf in XCIIIb and mares in medieval and later Germanic folklore is further seen in the conception of both beings riding their victims, causing symptoms such as injury, hallucinations and fevers.