Beowulf
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kategardoqui on March 4, 2009
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 615,000 | Total words in the English language. |
| Hrunting | Unferth's sword |
| Edgetho | Beowulf's father |
| Eclaf | Unferth's father |
| Geats | Southern Sweden people and Beowulf's tribe. |
| Herot | The battle hall built by King Hrothgar. |
| Foil | Two characters who contrast against each other. Ex- Higd and Thrith or Unferth and Beowulf |
| Hrothgar | A Danish king, and second son of Healfdane, and builder of Herot. |
| 1% | Words in the English Language that are Saxon. They are the core of our language. |
| Wiglaf | The only warrior, who in the end helped Beowulf in his final battle. |
| Welthow | Hrothgar's queen, meant to service for the men. |
| Grendel | A man-eating monster who terrorizes the Danes and whom Beowulf defeats. |
| Christian Examples | Beowulf's belief that god was watching over him, and wanted him to kill all the creatures. |
| Saxons | A Germanic tribe. |
| 700's-800's | Viking invasions began. |
| Pagan Examples | Hrothgar's speech to Beowulf on not becoming like Hermod (1710-1720). |
| 800's-1066 | Vikings and Saxons mix. |
| Kennings | A descriptive figure of speech in which two-or-more-word descriptive phrases take the place of a noun (Ex. Sea-road is another word for ocean) |
| 1066 | The Norman conquest. |
| Alliteration | A literary device used very regularly through out Beowulf , and is in the place of rhyming. |
| French and English | The two languages brought to the British Isles by the Norman Invaders during Norman conquest. |
| Saxon Words | Ton (settled area), Wick (dwelling), Ham (home). Ex- Berwick, Birmingham, Boston |
| Beowulf's Characteristics | Courageous, Loyal, Generous, Heroic, Strong |
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