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English Beowulf
Term | Definition |
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Perpetrate | To commit a crime |
Fen | Slough or marsh/swamp |
Lair | Den/home |
Retainers | One who pledged loyalty to King |
Lineage | Line of ancestors |
Audacity | Boldness, wrecklessness |
Spurns | To refuse angerly |
Marauding | Individuals that would take things from others using force, raiding |
Detriment | Takes risks, damage or harm |
Sallies | Sudden attack |
Fledgling | Young or new |
Amass | Collecting |
Avenge | Get revenge for someone else, right a wrong |
Forged | Creating weaponry using a forge |
Precipice | Overhang or cliff |
Transitory | Related or short passing of time |
Purged | Killing or cleanse, get rid of |
Insidious | Sly |
Sagely | Adverb form of wisdom, showing wisdom or good judgement |
Discerning | Careful thought |
Intrepid | Fearless or brave |
Bane | Great distress |
Cowed | To be frightened |
Pyre | Cremation fire |
Grotto | Monument, cave type |
Barrow | Mound of earth |
Scyld Scefing | Famous Danish King |
Hygelac | Beowulf's uncle who is the King |
Gaets | North Germanic tribe inhabiting what is now Gotland in southern Sweden |
Wulfgar | Hrothgar's messanger |
Unferth | Jealous warrior in the tribe of the Spear-Danes |
Wealhtheow | Wife/Queen to Hrothgar |
AEshere | Hrothgar's friend |
Hrunting | Name of Unferth's sword given to Beowulf |
Wiglaf | Rescuer, friend of Beowulf |
Naegling | Beowulf's new sword |
Grendel | A monster who lives at the bottom of the lake |
Hrothgar | Current King of Denmark |
Heorot | The name of Hrothgar's Mead Hall |
Comitatus | refers to a relationship that benefited both. . The thane must agree to defend the king or nobleman to his death if necessary. In return the nobility shared their wealth and provided weapons. |
Wergild | |
Fate | |
Leadership | |
Boasting | |
Beowulf |