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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread riddle xliij [K-D 45] #125026 03/10/2004 10:40 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Here's an Anglo-Saxon riddle (from the Exeter Book MS)? (Also a chance for some of you to see what English looked like back a thousand years or so.) Ic on wincle gefrægn     weaxan nathwæt, þindan ond þunian,     þecene hebban. On þæt banlease     bryd grapode, hygewlonc hondum,     hrægle þeahte þrindende þing     þeodnes dohtor. I have heard of a thing, waxing in a corner, swelling and standing up, raising its covering. A proud woman seized that boneless thing with her hands; the lord's daughter covered that swelling thing with her dress. [translated by F. H. Whitman] What is it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted riddle xliij [K-D 45] jheem 03/10/2004 10:40 PM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] Jackie 03/11/2004 1:45 AM Re: gollum... Buffalo Shrdlu 03/11/2004 1:58 AM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] of troy 03/11/2004 2:05 AM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] Jackie 03/11/2004 2:10 AM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] Alex Williams 03/11/2004 2:14 AM Re: **spoiler / answer ** riddle xliij [K-D 45] jheem 03/11/2004 3:43 AM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] Faldage 03/11/2004 12:17 PM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] jheem 03/11/2004 1:05 PM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] belMarduk 03/12/2004 12:46 AM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] jheem 03/12/2004 2:57 AM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] AlimaeHP 03/14/2004 9:27 PM Re: riddle xliij [K-D 45] of troy 03/14/2004 11:08 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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