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Beowulf Voc #3
Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to rise, rolling waves | billowing |
| to burn | cremation |
| a group of young children | brood |
| lifting, raising, with exertion | heaving |
| old;ancient;gray or white as if with age | hoary |
| an Old English bard or poet | scop |
| weeping, wailing, great mourning | lamenting |
| cleanse | purge |
| a combustible heap for burning a dead body for a funeral rite | pyre |
| plunder (treasure) taken from an enemy of war | spoils |
| a payment made by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgement of submission or as the price of protection or security | tribute |
| malice; spite-poisonous secretion of an animal | venom |
| deserted, gloomy, to forsake; leave alone | desolate |
| fond of social pleasures | convivial |
| wet spongy terrain (land) | bog |
| no care or concern | apathetic |
| strenuous; difficult; full of hardships | arduous |
| a skilled manual worker | artisan |
| to maintain or defend | assert |
| eager; passionate; enthusiastic | avid |
| critically discerning; shrewd | astute |
| of or pertaining to the sky; divine | celestial |
| watchful on every side | circumspect |