Mock-riddles in Old English: Exeter riddles 86 and 19

Jonathan Wilcox

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Mock-riddles in Old English: Exeter riddles 86 and 19

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Mock-riddles in Old English: Exeter riddles 86 and 19

Jonathan Wilcox

Studies in philology, Vol.93(2), pp.180-187

04/01/1996

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Abstract

Wilcox suggests that two Old English riddles, riddles 86 and 19 in the Exeter Book, so startingly deviate from the usual form of the riddle that they become mock-riddles.

Anon., 600-1100 (The Exeter Book)

English language

Literary criticism

Old English

Philology

Riddles

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Title: Subtitle: Mock-riddles in Old English: Exeter riddles 86 and 19
Creators: Jonathan Wilcox
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Studies in philology, Vol.93(2), pp.180-187
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
ISSN: 0039-3738
eISSN: 1543-0383
Language: English
Date published: 04/01/1996
Academic Unit: English
Record Identifier: 9984363679202771

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