Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book/Annotated/53

Horn, described under various aspects marked by the &ldquo;Sometimes&rdquo; repeated ten times in nineteen lines: on the head of a steer, as war-horn (also on ships), as drinking horn, as hunting horn, as warning against thieves. &ldquo;Ring-adorned,&rdquo; l. 8, &lsquo;adorned with a necklace.&rsquo;