Directory of Anglo-Saxon Resources

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Nearly a hundred Anglo-Saxon (Old English) riddles are known today; they are mainly preserved in the Exeter Book, a manuscript from the tenth century. The contents of the riddles range from pious to bawdy.

Resources in This Category

• Anglo-Saxon Riddles

  http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/medieval/riddles.html
  Three riddles giving you a sense of Anglo-Saxon hilarity.

• Anglo-Saxon Riddles and Charms

  http://www.thing.net/~grist/ld/young/ky-bkrid.htm
  Notes to the Anglo-Saxon riddles, by Karl Young.

• Five Old English Riddles

  http://faculty.uca.edu/jona/texts/oeriddles.htm
  Five riddles translated from Old English by Jonathan Glenn.

• Medieval Riddles

  http://www.godecookery.com/mtales/mtales04.htm
  Excerpted from "Riddles from the Exeter Book".

• The Riddles from the Exeter Book

  http://www.technozen.com/exeter/
  Modern English translations of the riddles from the Exeter Book, together with answers.

 

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