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Riddle 46

“Lot with his two daughters and their sons.”   Riddles 46 and 48 are written as one riddle in the manuscript.

Riddle 45

“Dough.”

Riddle 44

“Key.” Another sexual riddle.

Riddle 43

“Dough,” one of the sexual riddles.

Riddle 42

“Cock and Hen.”
Riddles 42 and 43 are written as a single riddle in the manuscript, but they are obviously two different riddles.

Riddle 41

“Earth,” “fire,” “wisdom,” or “water,” but nobody really knows as there is a missing folio in the manuscript, so the first part of the riddle is lost.

Riddle 40

“Creation.”  This is a translation of Aldhelm’s Enigma number 100: “De creatura.”

Riddle 39

“Day” or “time.”

Riddle 38

“Young bull.”

Riddle 37

“Wagon” or “bellows.”

Riddle 36

“Ship.” [a substitute cypher system encodes the words “man,” “wife” and “horse” in line 5. I have not read the letters aloud].

Riddle 35

“Mail coat.” [Note this is also the famous “Leiden Riddle,” found appended to a collection of Aldhelm’s Latin riddles.  Both are translations of Aldhelm’s Riddle 33: “Lorica.” ]

Riddle 34

“Rake.”

Riddle 33

“Iceberg.”

Riddle 32

“Ship.”