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Riddle 29

“Moon and sun” or “bird and wind” (or even, maybe, “cloud and wind”).

Riddle 28

“Harp” or, perhaps, “Beer,” though the “some kind of stringed instrument” answer is the most probable.

Riddle 27

“Mead.”

Riddle 26

“Book.”  (Probably “Gospel Book,” but it could be another religious book).

Riddle 25

“Onion.”  One of the sexual riddles.

Riddle 24

“Jay” or “Magpie.”  This riddle also has runic clues.

Riddle 23

“Bow.”  Runes are arranged in an anagram, and for this riddle scholars are generally in agreement as to how they should be unscrambled (simply reversed): “agof” to “foga” and then transforming the “f” to “b” to produce “boga.”

Riddle 22

“Month” (counting 60 “half-days”) or “bridge.”

Riddle 21

“Plow.”

Riddle 20

“Sword.”

Riddle 19

Possibly “hunter riding on a horse carrying a hawk.” The runes worked into the poem are taken to be an anagram, but scholars have not agreed on what they should be re-arranged to spell.

Riddle 18

Possibly “wineskin.”

Riddle 17

Possibly “catapult.”

Riddle 16

“Anchor.”

Riddle 15

Badger ( more about badgers here).