anglo-saxon review #2 Flashcards

1
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whose soul roams with the sea

A

the seafarer

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2
Q

which lyric has a narrator and a speaker

A

the wanderer

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3
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which lyric has a denotative and connotative meaning of the word home

A

the seafarer

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4
Q

which lyric advises that he who lives humbly has angels from heaven to carry him courage and strength and belief

A

teh seafarer

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5
Q

everything earthly is evily born

A

the wanderer

hyperbole

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6
Q

a lord dreary in spirit drenched with water

A

the WL

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7
Q

the fusion of Christ and pagan ideals

A

monk

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8
Q

considered to be an ellegy

A

SF

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9
Q

who had their version of beowulf on the best seller list

A

Seamus Heaney

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10
Q

what famous author also translated beowulf

A

J.R.R tolkien

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11
Q

I row with the wind

A

anchor riddle

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12
Q

thoughts should turn to where our home is

A

SF

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13
Q

waters becomes bone

A

iceberg

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14
Q

my beloved sits under a..

A

WL

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15
Q

dripping blood

A

beo

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16
Q

push them to error, praise me more

A

alcohol riddle

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17
Q

wound, around, bound

A

beo

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18
Q

how is WL similar to Grendel

A

the point of view of the two stories is not common.

one’s from a woman, the other is from the villain

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19
Q

accused himself of bringing the anger of God onto his people

A

hrothgar

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20
Q

bede’s book called

A

Bede’s history of the English people

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21
Q

2 traits of a lyric

A

personal feelings

sing songy rhytmm

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22
Q

dictionary definition of a word

A

denotation

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23
Q

geats are stones

fl

24
Q

broken hinges rattle

fl-

A

onomotapie

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icy frost | fl
cold imagery
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when does the anglo saxon period begin
449
27
beowulf written in
740
28
grendel written in
1970s
29
person who was in the swimming match
breca
30
3 forces that shape a man's destiny
fate, God, man
31
dragon represents
inevitable death
32
grendel represents the
devil
33
sea-stead
boat
34
bone-chamber
body
35
night-prowler
grendel
36
ring-giver
king/hrothgar
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what adjective has a different meaning today than back then
audacious
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century that beowulf was composed
8th century-740
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what shield did beowulf have
linden
40
what is a linden shield
a wooden shield
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mournful song
dirge
42
how many men did beo bring
14
43
orphan that was the first king of the Danes
Shild Scefing
44
Grandson of Shild and the father of Hrothgar
Healfdane
45
King of the danes during beowulf
hrothgar
46
queen of the danes
wealtheow
47
who burned herot
Ingeld (son-in-law of Hrothgar)
48
who was asked by Wealtheow to care for her children but ended up murdering them
Hrothulf
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Geats family was called the ____ family
Waegmunding
50
who was beowulf's grandfaterh
Hrethel
51
who is beowulf's father
egtheow
52
who is the king of the geats during the story
Hygelac
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who is the queen of the geats
Hygd
54
who is the son of Hygelac and beo's cousin
Heardred
55
who was killed in battle
Hygelac and Heardred
56
who succeeded beowulf
Wiglaf