A Riddle for the Dirty-Minded Among Us

Unless you’re in elementary school or have a particular penchant for puzzles, it’s probably been quite a while since you’ve tried to figure out a riddle. Of course, grown-ups need something a little more challenging than the old, “What has eyes but cannot see?” level of riddles (that’s a needle, a storm, or a potato, by the way).

Anyway, this riddle comes from The Exeter Book, and it’s roughly 1000 years old. See if you can figure it out before clicking to view the answer

Swings by his thigh / a thing most magical!
Below the belt / beneath the folds
Of his clothes it hangs / a hole in its front end,
stiff-set and stout / it swivels about.

Levelling the head / of this hanging tool,
its wielder hoists his hem / above his knee;
it is his will to fill / a well-known hole
that it fits fully / when at full length

He's oft filled it before. / Now he fills it again.