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Anglo-Saxon pastimes

Riddles and runes
The Anglo-Saxons liked to play with words and amused themselves by telling riddles, some of which were written down. See if you can solve the riddle below.

        I appear on the ground like a blanket, and melt in the midday sun.

Early Anglo-Saxons wrote using letters called runes. They believed runes had magical powers.

        Anglo-Saxon runes

Most early Anglo-Saxons did not know how to write.


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