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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).

Riddle 14

“Horn.” (Drinking horn)

Riddle 12

“Oxhide.”  This riddle depicts the oxhide being used used to bind the “Dark-haired Welsh slave.”

Riddle 11

“Wine.”

Riddle 10

“Jay.”  (J.R.R. Tolkien and other scholars have proposed other birds).

Riddle 9

“Cuckoo.”

Riddle 8

“Jay.”  (J.R.R. Tolkien and other scholars have proposed other birds).

Riddle 7

“Swan.”

Riddle 6

“Sun.”

Riddle 5

Solved as “Shield.”