Question

I am a wondrous creature, a joy to women,
useful to neighbors; not any citizens
do I injure, except my slayer.
Very high is my foundation. I stand in a bed,
hair underneath somewhere. Sometimes ventures
a fully beautiful churl's daughter,
licentious maid, that she grabs onto me,
rushes me to the redness, ravages my head,
fixes me in confinement. She soon feels
my meeting, she who forced me in,
the curly-haired woman. Wet is her eye.

Answer 1

The kenning in the riddle seems to be "churl's daughter" and "licentious maid," since both phrases can simply refer to woman, as explained below.

What is kenning?

A kenning is a phrase that consists of two words combined, usually by means of a hyphen, that function as a metaphorical description. The use of kennings was quite common in Anglo-Saxon poetry. For example, in the famous epic poem "Beowulf", "battle-sweat" is a kenning used to refer to blood.

The Anglo-Saxon riddle that we are analyzing here seems to contain two kennings referring to the same thing:

• Churl's daughter

• Licentious maid

Both phrases seem to be used to describe the word "woman". Their purpose is, however, to confuse the reader, leading him or her to believe this woman is not in her best behavior, so to speak.

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