Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book/Annotated/75

75 (k-d 44)

Splendidly it hangs     by a man’s thigh, under the master’s cloak.     In front is a hole. It is stiff and hard;     it has a goodly place. When the young man     his own garment lifts over his knee,     he wishes to visit with the head of what hangs     the familiar hole he had often filled     with its equal length.

Wrætlic hongað     bi weres þeo frean under sceate     foran is þyrel bið stiþ ⁊ heard     stede hafað godne · þonne se esne     his agen hrægl ofer cneo hefeð     wile þæt cuþe hol mid his hangellan     heafde gretan þæt he efe lang ær     oft gefylde

This is an inferior piece, meant only for its impropriety. The innocent answer is Key. Compare 33 (k-d 89), which is Key pure et simple.