Medieval spells

Hello everyone Can you point out to any books or sites that have spells which are written in the old english? Like an ancient celtic spell, for example. Spells that are written in the old English text.

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An old Celtic spell would have been written in a language relative to that area, such as something like Gaelic.

Ancient Celtic spells would not have been written in English if they had been written down at all.

It isn't too likely either that ancient Celts would have considered what they were doing witchcraft.
Not much is actually written about ancient Celts and their culture or practice.

As for books in old English on the topics of magic, yes these exist, but are by no means ancient.

A couple examples of books written in old or oddly worded English are

British Goblins, Welsh Folklore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by W. Sikes.

And,

Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling by Charles Godfrey Leland.

I have read quite a bit from the latter and the English is older and worded oddly, but these publications are not ancient.

So while texts containing old English exist, you may want to research around, much that was practiced in times very long ago was not actually written, but passed on orally.

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Since the Celts did not have a written language you aren't going to find a book of "ancient Celtic spells". And "Old English" is actually a form of Anglo-Saxon, not related to the Celtic language at all.