Anglo-Saxon Aloud

A daily reading of the entire Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records,which includes all poems written in Old English. By Michael D. C. Drout, Prentice Professor of English at Wheaton College, Norton, MA.

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The Leiden Riddle [all]

Posted by mdrout on 12th February 2008

A variant of Riddle 35 in the Exeter Book, the Leiden Riddle, like that riddle, is a translation of Aldhelm’s riddle Number 33, “Lorica.”  The Leiden Riddle seems to be closer to the original Latin than Riddle 35.

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