Régi és középkori angol irodalom [antikvár]

RIDDLES/In the Exeter Book is preserved a collection of some ninety-riddles in alliterative verse. These riddles are description of objects, from which the object itself, which is not named, must be guessed. In the larger number of riddles, the objects are personified and describe themselves. Many of them attain a high degree of literacry excellence./The Book-Worm /No 48 of the Exeter Book/A moth ate a word! To me that seemed A strange thing to happen, when I heard that wonder,-A worm that would swallow the speech of a man. Sayings of strength steal in the dark. Thoughts of the mighty; yet the thieving sprite Was none the wiser for the words he had eaten!- 3 -