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Exeter Book Riddles

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The Exeter Book, one of the four major manuscripts containing Old English poems, includes 95 verse riddles. In these riddle the speakers describe themselves and leave the reader to guess who or what they are.

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1. Old English Riddles - An introduction to the riddles by Hazel Brewer.
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2. Riddles 26, 47, 51, 60, and 93 - Modern English translation, with notes and solutions, by Karl Young. Includes a discussion of the riddles as a literary genre and interprets their significance in Anglo-Saxon life.
3. Riddle 14 - Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
4. Riddle 2 - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
5. Riddle 2 - Modern English translation by Charles W. Kennedy.
6. Riddle 25 - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
7. Riddle 26 - Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
8. Riddle 44 - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
9. Riddle 45 - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
10. Riddle 46 - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
11. Riddle 47 - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
12. Riddle 5 - Old English text with facing modern English translation by Graham Holderness.
13. Riddle 55 - Old English text with facing modern English translation by Louis Rodrigues.
14. Riddle 80 - Old English text with words hot-linked to glossary.
15. The Riddles from the Exeter Book - Modern English translations of the riddles from the Exeter Book, together with answers. At the Technozen site.
16. The Riddles from the Exeter Book - Old English texts of the Exeter Book riddles, each with a facing modern English translation by Craig Williamson. Answers included.

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