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Beowulf vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sinew | connective tissue that joins muscle to bone |
| pilgrimage | a journey, usually to a holy place |
| spawn | to generate or produce something, a child, a clutch of eggs |
| lament | incredible sadness |
| solace | to find comfort |
| fetter | to chain or shackle |
| ancestral | belonging to, inherited from, or derived from the past |
| vain | 1) produce no results, to be futile 2) To be excessively proud of one's appearance or achievements |
| vane | a flat or curved blade that moves around an axis (like a weather vane) |
| relish | to greatly enjoy |
| reparation | to make payment for a wrong doing |
| writhing | moving about in agony |
| hilt | the bottom of a sword that a hand holds |
| fiend | demon |
| Hrothgar | Healfdene's son, King of the Danes |
| Beowulf | Ecogtheow's son; famous warrior |
| Grendel | monster; descendent of Cain |
| Grendel's mother | "water witch", "she-wolf" |
| Herot | Hrothgrar's Hall |
| Hrunting | Beowulf's sword |
| Hygelac | King of the Geats |
| Hygd | Hygelac's wife |
| Heardred | Hygelac and Hygd's son |
| Wiglaf | Comes to Beowulf's aid and helps him defeat the dragon |