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Vobaculary
Beowulf Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |