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The Old English and Anglo-Latin riddle tradition /

"Riddles, wordplay, and enigmatic utterance have been at the heart of English literature for many centuries: if the crossword as a form is only a hundred years old, the principles that underlie its successful solution go back more than a millennium, when anagrams, acrostics, and a variety of wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Orchard, Andy (Editor, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Latin
Language Notes:Texts in Old English or Anglo-Latin with English translations following ; introduction and commentary in English.
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Series:Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 69.
Subjects:
Riddles, English (Old)
Riddles, Latin > England.
English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100.
English poetry > Old English.
Riddles, Latin.
England.
450-1100

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