The Igil and Exeter Book Riddle 15

Riddle 15 is one of the longest and most elaborate animal-riddles in the tenth-century Exeter Book of Old English poetry. The debate over which animal appears in this compelling tale of a family’s flight and the mother’s final stand against their canine attacker has not yet been put to rest. In a r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cavell, M
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017