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Beowulf Vocabulary
16 words for quiz
Question | Answer |
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scop | an old English bard or poet |
moored | to have secured with cables, lines, or anchors |
gables | the triangular parts of an outside wall of a building |
Linden | any of a genus of trees with large,heart-shaped leaves and clustered yellowish flowers rich in nectar |
mead | a fermented drink made of water, honey, malt, and yeast |
vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
gorge | to eat greedily |
sentinel | one that watches or guards |
sinews | tendons used to hold things together |
talons | the claws of an animal, especially of a bird of prey |
hoary | grayish or whitish, especially from age |
pyre | a combustible heap for burning a dead body as a funeral rite |
hoard | a supply or fund usually stored up in secret |
scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
rune | one of the characters of an alphabet used by the Germanic peoples |
wergild | the fine paid as restitution to the victim's family or property owner (value of person, property, animal, etc.) |