The Old English Riddles of the 'Exeter Book'

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The ###Exeter Book#, a late tenthcentury manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninetyone lyric riddles. The riddles are of particular interest to students of Old English poetry and AngloSaxon culture, to archeologists, anthropologists, and folklorists. This volume will supersede all earlier editions of the riddles as the text contains many new manuscript readings, and a summary is given of the scholarship on each riddle.The ###Exeter Book#, a late tenthcentury manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninetyone lyric riddles. The riddles are of particular interest to students of Old English poetry and AngloSaxon culture, to archeologists, anthropologists, and folklorists. This volume will supersede all earlier editions of the riddles as the text contains many new manuscript readings, and a summary is given of the scholarship on each riddle.

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