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Vobaculary
Beowulf Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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spawn | to bring into being |
brood | a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young |
reparation | payment to compensate for wrongdoing |
lament | cries of grief |
omen | sign supposedly foretelling the future |
sinew | tendons or connective tissues |
hoary | ancient |
scabbard | a case that holds the blade of a sword |
hilt | a sword's handle |
vex | highly annoyed |
loathsome | disguesting |
solace | peace |
moor | a tract of open, peaty wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath |
relish | liking or enjoyment of the taste of something |
taut | stretched tight |
cower (cowed) | frightened by threats |
reprisal | punishment in return for an injury |
talon | a claw, especially of a bird of prey |