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A riddle is a form of word puzzle designed to test someone's ingenuity and lateral thinking in arriving at a solution.

Ancestry


Riddles have a distinguished literary ancestry, although the contemporary sort of conundrum that passes under the name of "riddle" may not make this obvious. Riddles occur extensively in Old English poetry, and also in the Old Norse literature of the Elder Edda and the skalds. The Exeter Book, a manuscript in Old English, preserves almost sixty versified riddles from the Old English literature. An example:

Moððe word fræt. Me þæt þuhte
wrætlicu wyrd, þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn,
þæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes,
þeof in þystro, þrymfæstne cwide
ond þæs strangan staþol. Stælgiest ne wæs
wihte þy gleawra, þe he þam wordum swealg.

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"So I speak, to you in riddles, cause my words get in my way"
HENRIETTALEVERN (Mike ) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:11:18 -0000
"So I speak, to you in riddles, cause my words get in my way"
@babytommy You must not ruin said eyes with #tags, Tommy's eyes are very important, else how would we be able to solve riddles? #ilikewhales
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@babytommy You must not ruin said eyes with #tags, Tommy's eyes are very important, else how would we be able to solve riddles? #ilikewhales
@Forth_Anten struggle with the riddles
minxer727 (Pamela Jane Sykes) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:27:14 -0000
@Forth_Anten struggle with the riddles
@Edward_Nigma_ ((though you could make your riddles a little bit more air tight))
_FeAR_HimSelf (Dr. Jonathan Crane) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:26:23 -0000
@Edward_Nigma_ ((though you could make your riddles a little bit more air tight))
@Edward_Nigma_ ((Your Riddles are no match for my chemistry ))
_FeAR_HimSelf (Dr. Jonathan Crane) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:23:41 -0000
@Edward_Nigma_ ((Your Riddles are no match for my chemistry ))
100% of riddles in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Get. At. Me.
ReedBrown (Reed Brown) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:12:48 -0000
100% of riddles in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Get. At. Me.

 
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