“Oyster.”
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“Hen.”
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“Savior” or “Dog” (depending on whether or not one wants to emend one of the runes). Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Swan” (but older commentators suggested “cuttlefish.”) Podcast: Play in new window | Download Another excerpt from Beowulf Aloud to celebrate Beowulf. Today we hear Beowulf and Wiglaf fighting the dragon.
You can purchase the entire poem (a 3-CD set, for $25.00, which includes North American shipping) at the Beowulf Aloud link, or feel free to email me at mdrout -at- wheatoncollege.edu . Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Ox” or “Ox pulling cart.” Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Shield,” “helmet,” “sword,” “dagger”? (some kind of iron object). Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Pipe” (musical instrument). Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Ice.” Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Winter.” (Although written as two riddles in the manuscript, Riddle 68 and 69 are often taken as one riddle, “winter and ice”). Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Creation” (often thought to be a re-shaping of the section part of Riddle 40). Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Onion” (another sexual riddle). Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Man, horse and hawk” (compare to Riddle 19). Podcast: Play in new window | Download |
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