Since it is not always clear in the manuscript where one riddle ends and another begins (and there are even other types of poems in between sections of riddles) editors have divided and numbered the riddles variously. The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry edited by Bernard J. Muir differentiates three storm riddles, 1-3. Craig Williamson considers them one single storm riddle.
Following Muir:
riddle 32 - ship
riddle 33 - iceberg
riddle 47 - bookworm - see Symphosius enigma 16 (tinea)
Following Williamson:
riddle 32 - rake, disguised as a dog
riddle 33 - mail-coat or byrnie, see Aldhelm enigma 33
riddle 47 - depends how literal you take 'nytte' and 'forswileð'
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