Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences

Institute of Philology of
the Siberian Branch of
Russian Academy of Sciences



Sibirskii Filologicheskii Zhurnal (Siberian Journal of Philology)

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Name: The riddle genre in the history of Old English poetry. On the problem of secondary codes

Authors: Marina A. Ivleva

Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section Study of literature

Issue 1, 2010	Pages 89-93
UDK: 800.84	DOI:

Abstract: This article covers the issues of Old English poetic riddles in their historic evolution. The first poetic inscription on Franks Casket which is dated back to the period of 650 – 750 AD is interpreted as the starter of the genre.

Keywords: old english riddles, franks casket, secondary code, runes

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