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A while ago I wrote about the Exter Book Riddles, that wonderful collection of medieval riddles that speak so much of the Anglo-Saxon love of literature and poetry. These witty texts deserve a wider audience, so here’s one of the riddles below, in a translation by Kevin Crossley-Holland (1993). Do you know the answer? Scroll down if you want to check your answer.

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