Anglo Saxon Riddles Exeter Book. Several of these poems and riddles can only be found in the exeter book. However, there too is another potential answer.
An onion sits on a high foundation and stands on a bed of dirt. In many cases, answers are just provisional, and still the subject of some discussion. In short, the answer can be a penis;
In many cases, answers are just provisional, and still the subject of some discussion.
Auden’s poem “the wanderer” is inspired by the. “my foundation is very, high; Riddle 74 is one of a handful of old english riddles of the exeter book that have stubbornly resisted a solution. Riddle numbers are taken from muir’s exeter anthology (1994), though i follow williamson in considering the first three as parts of a single riddle—.