"A word game or joke, comprising a question or statement couched in deliberately puzzling terms, propounded for solving by the hearer/reader using clues embedded within that wording" [Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore], early 13c., from Old English rædels "riddle; counsel; conjecture; imagination; discussion," common Germanic (Old Frisian riedsal "riddle," Old Saxon radisli, Middle Dutch raetsel, Dutch raadsel, Old High German radisle, German Rätsel "riddle").

The first element is from Proto-Germanic *redaz-, from PIE *re-dh-, from root *re- "to reason, count." The ending is Old English noun suffix -els, the -s of which later was mistaken for a plural affix and stripped off. Meaning "anything which puzzles or perplexes" is from late 14c.

Definition:
A question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.

Magic Status: 1 - Neophyte
Tier 1 - The riddle on their crest changes after it is answered correctly.

Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware

Owner

Shrike

Created

8 December 2020, 10:36:27 EST

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$10.00

Toyhou.se PARA-283-Riddle: Riddle

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