The Riddle Game

[Cleddyf]

heh
no sorry

[Ringulf]

It sounds to me like a bass fiddle or cello, but some of the references have me a bit unsure.

[Cleddyf]

you are getting closer,

[Cleddyf]

did you want a hint?

[Chris Russo]

Every time I think I have it, there's some element of the riddle that throws me off.

Crickets have pointed shoulders and sing through their sides, but they are not "high and handsome," nor useful to men. I really do think it's a musical instrument, but I cannot find one which fits the description...

[Peter Remling]

a lyre ?

[Jonathan B.]

A Harp?

[Cleddyf]

yep its a harp

[Cleddyf]

okay, next riddle time
A lonely wanderer, wounded with iron, I am smitten with war-blades, sated with strife,
Worn with the sword-edge; I have seen many battles, Much hazardous fighting, oft without hope
Of comforts or help in the carnage of war Ere I perish and fall in the fighting of men.
The leavings of hammers, the handiwork of smiths, Batter and bite me, hard-eged and sharp;
The brunt of the battle I am doomed to endure. In all the folk-stead no leech could I find
With wort or simple to heal my wounds; But day and night with the deadly blows
The marks of the war-blades double and deepen.

[Jonathan B.]

A shield?

[Cleddyf]

yep
was that too easy?
this one is not really as middle earthy
One thin, one bold,
one sick, one cold.
The earth we span,
to prey upon man.
Who are we?

[Jonathan B.]

The four horsemen.

[Cleddyf]

yep

[Peter Remling]

We are Murder !
Darker than night
Lighter than air
None dare call us fair

Overhead we spy
When asked, we lie
Never more, Never less
We like one eye best!

[Jonathan B.]

Crows?