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I have a medieval riddle
« on: 2013-08-21, 23:01:41 »
a moth ate a word. to me it seemed, a marvelous thing when I learned the wonder that a worm had swallowed, in darkness stolen, the song of man, his glorious sayings, a great man's strength, and the thieving guest, was no whit the wiser for the words it ate.

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #1 on: 2013-08-22, 00:36:11 »
Is the syntax & grammar on that correct?
Fall down seven, get up eight.

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #2 on: 2013-08-22, 00:46:27 »
2 of more to come in a series, written by me.

#1)
Strong and Beautiful,
Beloved by All.
I fear no Object,
Yet for that which is Simple.
Red and Green, given by tricksters Hand,
Should hold Consternation.
Till the next Yggdrasil Grows.
Who Am I?

#2)
Brave and True.
My courage Unquestioned.
Forever I laid down my Shield.
Sacrificing the side of my Sword.
That tricksters Ken,
Could have Surety.
Who am I?
Fall down seven, get up eight.

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #3 on: 2013-08-22, 01:08:52 »
I am Green as grass in summer, Red as roses in Fall, dead on the ground in winter, yet reborn again in spring.
What am I?
This is an easy one.

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #4 on: 2013-08-22, 01:14:58 »
I am cold as the grave, As feared as the plague, I reap the dreams of soldiers, and am the bane of all men.
Who am I?

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #5 on: 2013-08-22, 01:18:28 »
I take the past, you always remember me, you cannot stop me, for I exist not, the more you age the more I grow, yet you always remember who I am.
What am I?

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #6 on: 2013-08-22, 01:46:47 »
I am Green as grass in summer, Red as roses in Fall, dead on the ground in winter, yet reborn again in spring.
What am I?
This is an easy one.

Tree.
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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #7 on: 2013-08-22, 02:13:48 »
close. it was leaves.

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #8 on: 2013-08-22, 06:04:59 »
I am cold as the grave, As feared as the plague, I reap the dreams of soldiers, and am the bane of all men.
Who am I?

The ex-wife.
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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #9 on: 2013-08-22, 06:26:54 »
I am cold as the grave, As feared as the plague, I reap the dreams of soldiers, and am the bane of all men.
Who am I?


Well it's not death, because it's neither the bane of all men nor reaps the dreams of soldiers. So "cruelty"?

I take the past, you always remember me, you cannot stop me, for I exist not, the more you age the more I grow, yet you always remember who I am.
What am I?


Regret or Forgetfulness.
Fall down seven, get up eight.

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #10 on: 2013-08-22, 12:56:14 »
I am cold as the grave, As feared as the plague, I reap the dreams of soldiers, and am the bane of all men.
Who am I?

The ex-wife.


lol, ouch. :)
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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #11 on: 2013-08-23, 17:50:00 »
yes forgetfulness, and it is death, but cruelty works better.

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #12 on: 2013-08-23, 18:24:02 »
What are your guesses to my riddles.

Hint: They are thematically linked.
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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #13 on: 2013-08-24, 22:25:15 »
Im guessing the first one is a shield. with heraldy

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Re: I have a medieval riddle
« Reply #14 on: 2013-08-24, 23:11:30 »
Im guessing the first one is a shield. with heraldy

Nope. In the Hot & Cold game a "shield" is Glacially Cold.
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