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 4th 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 5th c A.D. and were the ruling class until the Norman Conquest in 1066.