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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

An Anglo-Saxon Riddle

The first Poem of the Week of 2009 is by far the oldest one so far. It's Kevin Crossley-Holland's translation of Riddle 23 from The Exeter Book. His version is here, and the original with a more literal translation can be read here, together with the solution.

Some screenshots of the manuscript can be seen here.

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