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Beowulf Vocabulary

Resolute Firm determination; bold.

Vehemently A forceful energy; powerful

Infallible Incapable of error.

Furled To wrap around something

Lavish Marked by excess; extravagant.

Assail To attack violently.

Extolled To praise highly; glorify.

Epic A long narrative poem that recounts the deeds of a legendary hero.

Mead Fermented beverage like beer.

Reparation Making amends; paying for damages.

Solace To soothe.

Prow The projecting part (front) of a ship.

Shroud A burial garment.

Vex To bring distress; to irritate.

Reprisal Regaining of something; to pay back

Scabbard The sheath for a sword.

Hilt The handle of a sword.

Scop Charles Dickens An old English bard or poet.

Archetype A perfect example; prototype

Kenning In Anglo-Saxon poetry, a metaphorical phrase or compound Word used to name a person, place, thing or even indirectly.

Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another.

Pagan A follower of a polytheistic religion; multiple gods.

Celts A group of tall blonde warriors who settled in Britain around the 4 th c A. D.

Caesura A pause or break within a line of poetry; a midline caesura is a characteristic of Anglo-Saxon poetry; it divides the 4 beat line in half.

Anglo-Saxon Germanic tribes that conquered Britain around the 5 th c A. D. and were the ruling class until the Norman Conquest in 1066.