Say what I am called the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book and the Anglo-Latin riddle tradition /
Bitterli, Dieter.
Say what I am called the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book and the Anglo-Latin riddle tradition / Dieter Bitterli. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) - Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 2 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
part I. Contexts -- 1. Latin Riddling and the Vernacular -- 2. Tell-Tale Birds: The Etymological Principle -- 3. Crossings: Combinatorial and Numerical Riddles -- part II. Codes -- 4. Runic Strategies -- 5. Bits and Pieces -- 6. Letter Games -- part III. Tools -- 7. Silent Speech -- 8. Beasts of Battle -- 9. Flesh Made Word -- 10. Coda.
9781442689077
Exeter book.
Riddles, English (Old)--History and criticism.
English poetry--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Riddles, Latin--History and criticism.
Riddles in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR1764 / .S299 2009
Say what I am called the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book and the Anglo-Latin riddle tradition / Dieter Bitterli. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) - Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 2 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
part I. Contexts -- 1. Latin Riddling and the Vernacular -- 2. Tell-Tale Birds: The Etymological Principle -- 3. Crossings: Combinatorial and Numerical Riddles -- part II. Codes -- 4. Runic Strategies -- 5. Bits and Pieces -- 6. Letter Games -- part III. Tools -- 7. Silent Speech -- 8. Beasts of Battle -- 9. Flesh Made Word -- 10. Coda.
9781442689077
Exeter book.
Riddles, English (Old)--History and criticism.
English poetry--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Riddles, Latin--History and criticism.
Riddles in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR1764 / .S299 2009