Old English Riddle no. 44 (trans. by Roy Liuzza)
By Unknown
A marvelous thing hangs by a man’s thigh,
under his tunic. There’s a hole at the tip;
it’s stiff and strong and set in a good place.
When a young lord lifts his cloak
over his knees, there's a well-known hole
he hopes to greet with the head of his dangler,
one he has often filled with its full length.
Copyright Credit: Roy Liuzza, "Old English Riddles no. 44" from Old English Poetry: An Anthology. Copyright © 2014 by Roy Liuzza. Reprinted by permission of Broadview Press.
Source: Old English Poetry: An Anthology (Broadview Press, 2014)