The Old English and Anglo-Latin riddle tradition /
Orchard, Andy,editor,translator.https://isni.org/isni/0000000116382857
See also the complementary companion volume: A commentary on The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition (Washington, DC : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2021), issued as Dumbarton Oaks medieval library, 69 supplement.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 871-875) and Index of solutions.
The Anglo-Latin tradition: Aldhelm -- Bede -- Tatwine -- Hwætberht, the Riddles of Eusebius -- Boniface -- Alcuin -- The Lorsch Riddles -- The Abingdon Riddle -- The high-minded library -- The Old English tradition: The Franks Casket Riddle -- The Leiden Riddle -- The Exeter Book Riddles -- The Old English Rune Poem -- The Riddles of Solomon and Saturn II -- The Old English Prose Riddle -- Sources and analogues of the tradition: Symphosius -- The Bern Riddles -- The Verses of a Certain Irishman on the Alphabet -- The Old Icelandic Rune Poem -- The Riddles of Gestumblindi -- Various riddles.
Riddles, English (Old)
Riddles, Latin
English poetry
Commentary on The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition.