Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book/Annotated/16

&ldquo;Who turns the ring&rdquo; (l. 5) probably means: &ldquo;Who passes it along.&rdquo; Two lines are defective. They have been built up by emendation to yield the meaning: &ldquo;The prayer of any man being unfulfilled, his spirit cannot attain to seek God&rsquo;s city, etc.&rdquo; (Tupper). Like the preceding riddle on the same subject, this is not a success. One may suppose that the pious author tried too hard.