which is being personified is a tree or plant. Due to the connection of personification of a tree or plant, have argued that Riddle 60 is the beginning of The Husband’s Message, but the consensus view is that they are separate texts. The 17 lines of Riddle 60 do not contain the contradictions that are found in the other riddles of the Exeter Book which are seemingly meant to confound the reader. The poem may well be riddlic in nature, as is indicated by the runic clues at the end of the piece. The solution has been proposed variously as either 'Christ' or 'The Gospel'. References Editions and translations Old and Middle English c.890-c.1400: an Anthology, ed. Elaine Treharne. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004. 245. The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry, ed. B.J. Muir. 2 vols: vol. 1. 2nd ed. Exeter, 2000. 354–6 (with commentary in vol. 2, pp. 597–602). Hamer, R.F.S. (ed. and tr.). 1970. In A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse, ed. idem. London. Leslie, R.F. (ed.). 1961. In Three Old English Elegies. Bradley, S.A.J. (tr.). 1982. In Anglo-Saxon Poetry, ed. idem. London. 398-400. Rodrigues, Louis J. (tr.) 1991. In Seven Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Felinfach. 87-95. Secondary sources Anderson, Earl. 2002. "The Husband's Message: Persuasion and Problem of 'Genyre'". Cleveland State University. (4) Anderson, Earl. 1975. "The Husband's Message: Persuasion and Problem of 'Genyre'". English Studies 56. 289-94. Klinck, Anne L. 1999. "The Husband’s Message." In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England, ed. Michael Lapidge. Oxford. 245. . Magennis, Hugh. 1998. "Husband's Message, The." In Medieval England: An Encyclopedia, ed. Paul Szarmach, M. Teresa Tavormina and Joel Rosenthal. New York: Garland Pub. Niles, J.D. 2003. "The Trick of the Runes in The Husband’s Message." Anglo-Saxon England 32. 198-223. "Husband's Message, The." Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature; Letter H. Encyclopædia Britannica. (1, 2) Orton, Peter. 1981. "The Speaker in the Husband's Message", Leeds Studies in English, n. s. 12: 43-56. Pope, John C. 1978. "Paleography and Poetry: Some Solved and Unsolved Problems of the Exeter Book" Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts, and Libraries London. 25-59. Further reading Bolton, W.F. 1969. "The Wife's Lament and The Husband's Message: A Reconsideration Revisited." Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen (und Literaturen) 205. 337-51. Conde-Silvestre, Juan Camilo. "The Husband's Message." In The Literary Encyclopedia. Fee required. External links Audio recording by prof. Michael D.C. Drout, Anglo-Saxon Aloud. Old English text, The Old English Aerobics Anthology. Old English