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Stack #150162
Beowulf vocab #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wergild | payment for a loss |
| kenning | a thing used in pace of a thing's name (king = ring giver) |
| King Heardred | killed by Onela and the swedes for hiding exiles |
| Beowulf | Danish king killed by dragon venom |
| King Hrethel | died of a broken heart when sonwas killed by his brother in hunting accident |
| Hathcyn | killed by Swede's in Ogentho's battle |
| Hygelac | Frisians, led by Finn, killed him in battle |
| Herebeald | Heardred's son, killed by brother in hunting accident |
| Shield Sheafson | Hrothgar's great grandfather, founder of the line of Danish kings, orphan |
| Heremod | selfish king of Danes |
| Wiglaf | ruled Danes after Beowulf's death |