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Lolakrawczyk Posted 11 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Widsith and Riddle - old english question
Is there any way possibility that Widsith can be a Riddle? (Old English)
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I don't see anything in the internet coverage of this poem that mentions the possibility of it being a riddle. What makes you think it might be a riddle? And, more generally, any poem might be said to be a "riddle," since the text of any poem might have several interpretations (this one is no exception - particularly if you're reading it in the original Old English), the "riddle" being the "right" interpretation of it.
- I don't see anything in the internet coverage of this poem that mentions the possibility of it being a riddle.
- What makes you think it might be a riddle?
- And, more generally, any poem might be said to be a "riddle," since the text of any poem might have several interpretations (this one is no exception - particularly if you're reading it in the original Old English), the "riddle" being the "right" interpretation of it.
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I don't see anything in the internet coverage of this poem that mentions the possibility of it being a riddle. What makes you think it might be a riddle? And, more generally, any poem might be said to be a "riddle," since the text of any poem might have several interpretations (this one is no exception - particularly if you're reading it in the original Old English), the "riddle" being the "righ
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It doesn't seem to be one. I would think that "I" in the poem might refer to scops in general, as it seems unlikely that one person would have travelled so much in those days.
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