Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.

How to play

Read the expression and tap the right answer (or use keys 1, 2 and 3). Each riddle has ten seconds; there are seven, and three mistakes end the game.

The story behind it

The skalds used kennings, expressions such as “whale-road” for the sea. The riddles in the game follow that model. Read the story in Kennings: how the skalds spoke of gold, ships and battles without saying the word.