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“Timber cross.” [There are two copies of the text of this riddle in the Exeter Book, here, at folio 108r and another, later, at 122v. The second version, called Riddle 30b, will be posted when I reach folio 122v in]. Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Moon and sun” or “bird and wind” (or even, maybe, “cloud and wind”). Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Harp” or, perhaps, “Beer,” though the “some kind of stringed instrument” answer is the most probable. Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Book.” (Probably “Gospel Book,” but it could be another religious book). Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Onion.” One of the sexual riddles. Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Jay” or “Magpie.” This riddle also has runic clues. Podcast: Play in new window | Download “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.” Podcast: Play in new window | Download “Month” (counting 60 “half-days”) or “bridge.” Podcast: Play in new window | Download 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. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Possibly “wineskin.” Podcast: Play in new window | Download Possibly “catapult.” Podcast: Play in new window | Download |
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