Spirits and skins: the sceapheord of Exeter Book Riddle 13 and holy labour

While the unnamed creatures of Exeter Book Riddle 13 have been read as ‘chickens’ since the early twentieth century, this solution has never fully satisfied either the narrative description or the cryptic puzzles of this short verse text. In this article, I propose a new solution, the Old English wo...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Burns, R
Fformat: Journal article
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Oxford University Press 2022