Abstract
Chapter 1 proposes that oral-traditional and literate features of a text do not correlate with a Germanic past and a Christian present. Instead, poets treat these modes of communication, simultaneously, as part of their poetic inheritance. In order to better describe how hybrid signs communicate, this chapter surveys defining characteristics of oral traditions (i.e., metonymy as described in the theory of Immanent Art), rituals (i.e., ritual signification), and literate traditions (i.e., medieval hermeneutics). The chapter explores oral-connected, oral-literate, and ritual signs in Exeter Riddle 30a/b to demonstrate how hybrid poetics can further our understanding of an Old English poem.
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