beowulf vocabulary
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Beowulf Vocabulary
Solace
Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort
Mead
An alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
Flexible armor of interlinked rings. Any flexible armor or covering, as one having a protective exterior of scales or small plates.
Affliction
A state of pain, distress, or grief; misery
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Banner
A flag formerly used as the standard of a sovereign, lord, or knight
Fetters
A chain or shackle placed on the feet.
Loathsome
Disgusting; revolting; repulsive
Venerable
Commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity.
Scop
An Old English bard or poet; a storytelling minstrel often accompanied by a harp.
Druid
• A member of a pre-Christian religious order among the ancient Celts or Gaul, Britain, and Ireland.
Elegiac
Expressing sorrow or lamentation.
HeroicHaving or involving recourse to boldness,
daring or extreme measures.
Epic
Noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or
events is narrated in elevated style
Kenning
A metaphorical phrase used in Anglo-Saxon Poetry to replace a concrete noun.
“the whale’s home” = the sea
Caesure/Caesurea
A break, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself || presume not
God to scan.
Wyrd
A concept in Old English and Old Norse culture roughly
corresponding to fate or karma. Fate personified
Pagan
A person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim; an irreligious or hedonistic person
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