Exeter Book Riddle 8 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Ic þurh muþ sprece mongum reordum, wrencum singe, wrixle geneahhe heafodwoþe, hlude cirme, healde mine wisan, hleoþre ne ...
Hwit Draca
Exeter Book Riddle 5 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Ic eom anhaga iserne wund, bille gebennad, beadoweorca sæd, ecgum werig. Oft ic wig seo, frecne feohtan. Frofre ne wene, 5 þæt ...
Hwit Draca
Exeter Book Riddle 4 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Ic sceal þragbysig þegne minum, hringum hæfted, hyran georne, min bed brecan, breahtme cyþan þæt me halswriþan hlaford ...
Hwit Draca
Exeter Book Riddle 9 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Mec on þissum dagum deadne ofgeafun fæder ond modor; ne wæs me feorh þa gen, ealdor in innan. þa mec an ongon, welhold ...
Hwit Draca
Exeter Book Riddle 4 in Old English
Exeter Book Riddle 4 in Old English Ic sceal þragbysig þegne minum, hringum hæfted, hyran georne, min bed brecan, breahtme cyþan þæt me halswriþan ...
britishpatriot001
Exeter Book Riddle 3 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Hwilum mec min frea fæste genearwað, sendeð þonne under salwonges bearm þone bradan, ond on bid wriceð, þrafað on þystrum ...
Hwit Draca
Exeter Book Riddle 7 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Hrægl min swigað, þonne ic hrusan trede, oþþe þa wic buge, oþþe wado drefe. Hwilum mec ahebbað ofer hæleþa byht hyrste mine, ...
Hwit Draca
An Anglo-saxon Riddle - 1
A riddle taken from the Exeter Book and read in the West Saxon dialect of Old English.
Old English for everyone - Robert Davie
Three poems from Exeter Book | Anglo-Saxon Literature | Video 3
This is the third video in the series of videos under Anglo-Saxon literature. This video is a brief presentation of three poems titled, Widsith, Deor's Lament and ...
What the Lit.
Exeter Book Riddles
A selection of riddles from the Exeter Book Riddles. See if you can guess what the answers are. Here is the text to the riddles. "Quick, quite mum; I die ...
Jason Sager
Exeter Riddle 66 (Anglo Saxon Riddle)
Riddle 66 off of the Exeter Book. I suspect that the solution to this one is "rain" although it is heavily up to the individual to find these riddles' solutions.
Nova Albion String Band
An Anglo-Saxon Riddle in Old English (Saga hwæt ic hatte!)
Saga hwæt ic hatte! - Say what I am called! A riddle out of the Exeter Book, an 8th/9th century codex containing a collection of Anglo-Saxon riddles. Typically, the ...
Wynn
Exeter Book Riddle 3 in Old English
Exeter Book Riddle 3 in Old English Hwilum mec min frea fæste genearwað, sendeð þonne under salwonges bearm þone bradan, ond on bid wriceð, þrafað on ...
britishpatriot001
Exeter Book: Riddle 74, or is it?
In this video, which we made during a Philology course on Old English Culture and Literature, we explore the possible solutions to Exeter Book Riddle 74.
M15121992
Exeter Book Riddle 5 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Ic eom anhaga iserne wund, bille gebennad, beadoweorca sæd, ecgum werig. Oft ic wig seo, frecne feohtan. Frofre ne wene, 5 þæt ...
britishpatriot001
Exeter Book Riddle 2 in Old English
Hwilum ic gewite, swa ne wenaþ men, under yþa geþræc eorþan secan, garsecges grund. Gifen biþ gewreged, fam gewealcen; 5 hwælmere hlimmeð, hlude ...
britishpatriot001
Riddle 47 (or 45) - Exeter Book Riddles in Modern English
Select 'Captions' to enable English Subtitles/[CC]) In a collaboration with one of our favorite blogs, The Riddle Ages, Brad performs Riddle 47 (or 45) translated ...
Medieval Tales in Performance
Sr A Exeter Book
McGee lectures on 3 poems from the Exeter Book.
tim mcgee
Riddle 77 (or 74) - Exeter Book Riddles in Modern English
Select 'Captions' to enable English Subtitles/[CC]) In a collaboration with one of our favorite blogs, The Riddle Ages, Chris performs Riddle 77 translated by ...
Medieval Tales in Performance
Exeter Book Riddle 6 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Mec gesette soð sigora waldend Crist to compe. Oft ic cwice bærne, unrimu cyn eorþan getenge, næte mid niþe, swa ic him no hrine, ...
Hwit Draca
David Heathfield (Storyteller) sets a Riddle from the Exeter Book
David Heathfield sets Italian students of English a 1000-year-old riddle from the Exeter Book, one of the earliest examples of written English. David sticks close ...
David Heathfield
Can you solve an Anglo-Saxon riddle?
Which item is it? If you wish to find the solution yourself and not have me tell you, you might want to pause the video at around 3:00. Translated (non-metrically) ...
Ewalds Eiland
Anglo-Saxon Riddles 01
Riddles written out The True Ruler of victories, Christ, Set me in the fight. Often I burn living creatures; close to the earth, I afflict countless races with distress, ...
Betsy Lee
Exeter Book Riddle: Moððe word fræt
An approximate translation might be: "A moth ate words; I thought it a Curious chance, when I heard of that wonder, That the worm devoured some man's song, ...
Ād faru
Exeter Book Riddle: Nis Min Sele Swige... (in Old English)
Nis mīn sele swīge, ne ic sylfa hlūd ymb dryhtsele. Unc Dryhten scop sīþ ætsomne. Ic eom swiftra þonne hē þrāgum strengram, hē þreohtigra. Hwīlum ic mē ...
Ād faru
Commentary: Riddle 47 (or 45) - Exeter Book Riddles in Modern English
Behind-the-scenes thoughts from Brad about Riddle 47 (or 45) from the Exeter Book, which was translated into Modern English by our friends at The Riddle ...
Medieval Tales in Performance
Anglo-Saxon Riddles: Riddle 1
This is from the period and is meant for learners of Old English to translate. Link to text here: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a03_2201.htm ...
Leornende Eald Englisc
Runes, Riddles, and Enigmas Rich Fahey on Old English Riddles and Runes
Guest lecture by Rich Fahey, sponsored by Classics, English, and History.
UVM CLASSICS
Book Review: 'The Ruin' - Anglo Saxon Poem
At Archaeosoup Towers, we love books! In this series we review books (Old and New) from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology. Today we take a look at ...
Archaeology Soup
Reading of Riddle 61, from the Exeter Book
The Flipped Classroom
Riddle 51 (or 49) - Exeter Book Riddles in Modern English
Select 'Captions' to enable English Subtitles/[CC]) In a collaboration with one of our favorite blogs, The Riddle Ages, Brad performs Riddle 51 (or 49) translated ...
Medieval Tales in Performance
Exeter Book Riddle 6 (in Old English) Anglo-Saxon
Verse Indeterminate Saxon Mec gesette soð sigora waldend Crist to compe. Oft ic cwice bærne, unrimu cyn eorþan getenge, næte mid niþe, swa ic him no hrine, ...
britishpatriot001
Exeter Book [Excerpts: 31 Riddles] (~10th century)
Thirty-one riddles from the Exeter Book, with timestamps and likely solutions below: 1. 00:00 2. 00:51 3. 01:34 4. 02:03 5. 02:35 6. 03:11 7. 03:57 8. 04:30 9.
Jade Vine
Commentary: Riddle 51 (or 49) - Exeter Book Riddles in Modern English
Behind-the-scenes thoughts from Brad about Riddle 51 from the Exeter Book, which was translated into Modern English by our friends at The Riddle Ages blog!
Medieval Tales in Performance
Riddle in Old English
First upload. Rough translation: I saw the creature faring on the wave It was amazingly decked out in wonders; A wonder became on the wave:- - Water became ...
Eldsayer
The Ruin (From the Exeter Book)
A reading of The Ruin, an Anglo-Saxon poem from the 8th or 9th century, written down in the Exeter Book in the 10th century. The film contrasts modern imagery ...
Jon Seal Films
Ashley Wass on the Exeter Book
Ashley Wass heads to Exeter Cathedral Library to discuss the inspiration behind Sally Beamish's powerful setting of the Anglo Saxon poem The Seafarer.
Thundermusicvideo
Old English Riddle read from page
Another riddle in Old English, this time read aloud from page Rough translation: I saw - curiously - four creatures going along together; swarthy were their tracks ...
Eldsayer
Anglo-Saxon, Exeter Book, Riddle #49 (interpretation)
I'm an exile, iron-wounded, Sharp blade-battered, battle-sated, Sword-weary, in war often seen, With fighting foes ... I fear no comfort comes for me, No help ...
Christian Lacdael - Poetry
University of Toronto: Anglo-Saxon Riddle Tradition Riddle 2
University of Toronto Professor Andy Orchard presented a lecture titled, "Bite Me: Rude Food & the Anglo-Saxon Riddle Tradition" as part of the Jackman ...
University of Toronto
The Wanderer by Shmoop
You'll never guess what this Old English poem is about. Oh... yeah. It is about some dude who wanders around a lot. Wait, have you read it before?
Shmoop
Creative Economy Showcase: Exeter Manuscripts
University of Exeter: The Exeter Manuscripts Our Event Amplifier talks to Professor Emma Cayley and Peter Knowles about an interactive iPad app that brings ...
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