POSTS FROM THE EXETER BOOK RIDDLES
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92 93 94 95

Ic wæs brunra beot, beam on holte,
freolic feorhbora ond foldan wæstm,
weres wynnstaþol ond wifes sond,
gold on geardum. Nu eom guðwigan
hyhtlic hildewæpen, hringe beg...
...e... byreð,
oþrum.
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Solution: Beech, Beech-wood Shield, Beech Battering Ram, Ash, Book, Oak

Frea min          
...de willum sinum,
......
heah ond hyht...
5 ...rpne, hwilum
...wilum sohte
frea... ...s wod,
dægrime frod, deo... ...s ,
hwilum stealc hliþo stigan sceolde
10 up in eþel, hwilum eft gewat
in deop dalu duguþe secan
strong on stæpe, stanwongas grof
hrimighearde, hwilum hara scoc
forst of …

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Solution: Ink-well, Antler, Horn
Smeþr[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]ad,
hyrre þonne heofon[. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . ] glædre þonne sunne,
[ . . . . . . . . . …
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Solution: Creation
Ic eom indryhten ond eorlum cuð,
ond reste oft; ricum ond heanum,
folcum gefræge fere (1) wide,
ond me fremdes (2) ær freondum stondeð (3)
5 hiþendra hyht, gif ic habban sceal
blæd in burgum oþþe beorhtne god. (4)
Nu snottre men swiþast lufiaþ
midwist mine; ic monigum sceal
wisdom …
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Solution: Book, Quill Pen, Riddle (Book), Wandering Singer, Prostitute, Moon