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Anglo-Saxon Riddles: Student Examples - Solved Riddles and Solutions, Lecture notes of Dance

Ten anglo-saxon riddles with their respective solutions. Students can use these riddles to enhance their problem-solving skills and knowledge of old english literature. Each riddle is accompanied by its answer, offering a fun and engaging learning experience.

What you will learn

  • What literary period do these Anglo-Saxon riddles originate from?
  • What are the answers to the Anglo-Saxon riddles provided in the document?
  • How can these riddles be used to improve problem-solving skills?

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Anglo-Saxon Riddles: Student Examples
Riddle #1:
I am always under never above.
I come in many shapes some are super sizes.
If you wedge me I promise pain to you.
I’m rarely seen but I’m almost always there.
If you take me off you are likely bare.
This riddle may be brief but I could be too.
Riddle #2:
I’m all different colors, shapes, and sizes.
And at some time almost everyone will need me.
And the person who makes me sells me.
But the person who buys me doesn’t use me.
And the person who uses me doesn’t know it.
Riddle #3:
A slow solemn square-dance
Of warriors fighting
One by one they fall
Warriors fainting
Thirty-two on sixty-four
Riddle #4:
A hundred brothers lie next to each other
Each white and fine they’ve only one spine
I am the tongue that lies between two
Remove me to gather their wisdom
To you
Riddle #5:
I’m weaved and wandering through the things that you were
I come in all colors from black to white
You’ll use me more when it’s cold at night
I make a good hobby with a nine inch needle
If I was unraveled I’d make a mess
Your kitten will claw me and unroll me too
Most people use me maybe even you.
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Anglo-Saxon Riddles: Student Examples Riddle #1: I am always under never above. I come in many shapes some are super sizes. If you wedge me I promise pain to you. I’m rarely seen but I’m almost always there. If you take me off you are likely bare. This riddle may be brief but I could be too. Riddle #2: I’m all different colors, shapes, and sizes. And at some time almost everyone will need me. And the person who makes me sells me. But the person who buys me doesn’t use me. And the person who uses me doesn’t know it. Riddle #3: A slow solemn square-dance Of warriors fighting One by one they fall Warriors fainting Thirty-two on sixty-four Riddle #4: A hundred brothers lie next to each other Each white and fine they’ve only one spine I am the tongue that lies between two Remove me to gather their wisdom To you Riddle #5: I’m weaved and wandering through the things that you were I come in all colors from black to white You’ll use me more when it’s cold at night I make a good hobby with a nine inch needle If I was unraveled I’d make a mess Your kitten will claw me and unroll me too Most people use me maybe even you.

Riddle #6: When my top has been lit I come awake And begin to cry slowly my thick tears Drip down my sides I light up a room With my sunny glow and freshen the room With my sweet aroma I am made In many different scents when my fire is put out I stop crying and begin to harden. Riddle #7: I stand with strength sturdy and solid Weathered or new sometimes unpolished Surrounded they stand my four-legged friends I’m the center of gatherings emotions unhinged Sometimes I’m covered with patterns and prints So, now can you guess with all my hints. Riddle #8: My work is neat My work is sloppy I am right I am left I am used by friends I am used by foes Some stick me on their ear yet I cannot hear I bleed many colors and am not judged by others. Riddle #9: I am not alive yet I move I make a small sound although I do not breathe I fly yet I stay in one place I’m hanged but I do not feel pain I have hands to point yet no fingers Riddle #10: I am round like a ball but yet as pointy as a knife Like a slave I am chained Still I am like a bird as free as the air you breathe But when I hit you at full force your air I will take When you hear me death is at hand Years ago I was a menace to all Today I hang idly by