Megan Cavell

@TheRiddleAges

Medieval lit postdoc and Old English riddle-blogger

Joined February 2013
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  1. Dec 1

    Well excited!

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  2. Nov 23

    Old English Riddle 47 has its words and eats them too:

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  3. Nov 17

    Trying to write up Riddle 47's commentary. Tempted to say: just go talk to , since he's already dropped the mic on this one!

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  4. Nov 11

    Looking forward to it! I've even managed to squeeze some riddles in this time (despite there being no OE spider-riddles)

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    Nov 11

    Megan Cavell AKA (Durham) is tonight's MedEngRes Seminar speaker on 'Evidence for Arachnophobia in eME Lit', 5.15 pm

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  6. Oct 29

    A perfect summary of the Anglo-Saxon riddle tradition :)

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  7. Oct 29

    Something to add to my shopping list!

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    Oct 29

    I also love the New Exeter Book of Riddles and have set one or two for me students to solve this morning!

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  9. Oct 27

    Old English Riddle 47 and the thief of words (translation now up):

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  10. Oct 26

    Ooh, thanks for this blog post - will follow more diligently in future!

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  11. Oct 25

    Was that particular remedy happy coincidence or had you read and team’s work when you wrote it? (2/2)

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  12. Oct 25

    Reading Hild by and loving the reference on p. 185 to the remedy that kills MRSA! (1/2)

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  13. Oct 21

    Victoria Symons reports on Old English Riddle 46's rather awkward family dinner:

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  14. Oct 12

    Ah, the complicated family dynamics of Old English Riddle 46 (translated by Victoria Symons):

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  16. Oct 7

    Durham PhD student Michael Baker talks about his work on the Old English Dream of the Rood and riddles:

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  17. Oct 7

    Who knew that bread-making was sexy? Commentary for Riddle 45 now up:

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  18. Oct 6

    That’s the end of our riddle recap - stay tuned for more riddle translations and commentary posts!

  19. Oct 6

    You can read all of Riddle 45 in Old English and translation here:

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  20. Oct 6

    Riddle 45: I heard that something was growing in the corner, swelling and sticking up, raising its roof

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