Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book/Annotated/54

Various answers have been proposed, but doubtless Horn is right. The antler is made into a horn: it is filled with mead; its harsh note is heard in battle; it is given to a scop as reward for his singing. The first line of this riddle stands alone, ../Numbering of the Translations and the Krapp–Dobbie Edition 79,

This may be a variant reading or the first line of a different riddle, of which the remainder is lost. For &ldquo;note&rdquo; (l. 10) the original has wise, either &lsquo;melody&rsquo; or &lsquo;manner, way.&rsquo;