Note 11 — Chapter XII · DIVINATION AND MAGIC
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Headache. This is called madersnûdr, “if head aches.” For this the utpol places his hand on the head of the sufferer, and says the following incantation in a low voice, so that the patient may not distinguish what is being said.11 After the names of the four gods, as in previous formulæ, it runs:—