Exeter Riddle 34
From Cunnan
This is riddle number 34 from The Exeter Book.
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Translation
I beheld a creature in the homes of men that nourishes cattle. It has numerous teeth and a useful beak bending downwards which plunders gently while pulling homewards. I strides through hillocks, seeking out herbs, always locating those loosely held, leaving the true ones attached to their roots, still there standing their established ground, to brightly bloom, blossom and grow.
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Original
Ic wiht geseah in wera burgum, seo žęt feoh fedeš. Hafaš fela toža; nebb biž hyre ęt nytte, nižerweard gongeš, hižeš holdlice ond to ham tyhš, węžeš geond weallas, wyrte seceš; aa heo ža findeš, ža že fęst ne biž; lęteš hio ža wlitigan, wyrtum fęste, stille stondan on stažolwonge, beorhte blican, blowan ond growan.
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Answer
A rake.
