anglo-saxon review #2 Flashcards
whose soul roams with the sea
the seafarer
which lyric has a narrator and a speaker
the wanderer
which lyric has a denotative and connotative meaning of the word home
the seafarer
which lyric advises that he who lives humbly has angels from heaven to carry him courage and strength and belief
teh seafarer
everything earthly is evily born
the wanderer
hyperbole
a lord dreary in spirit drenched with water
the WL
the fusion of Christ and pagan ideals
monk
considered to be an ellegy
SF
who had their version of beowulf on the best seller list
Seamus Heaney
what famous author also translated beowulf
J.R.R tolkien
I row with the wind
anchor riddle
thoughts should turn to where our home is
SF
waters becomes bone
iceberg
my beloved sits under a..
WL
dripping blood
beo
push them to error, praise me more
alcohol riddle
wound, around, bound
beo
how is WL similar to Grendel
the point of view of the two stories is not common.
one’s from a woman, the other is from the villain
accused himself of bringing the anger of God onto his people
hrothgar
bede’s book called
Bede’s history of the English people
2 traits of a lyric
personal feelings
sing songy rhytmm
dictionary definition of a word
denotation
geats are stones
fl
metaphor
broken hinges rattle
fl-
onomotapie
icy frost
fl
cold imagery
when does the anglo saxon period begin
449
beowulf written in
740
grendel written in
1970s
person who was in the swimming match
breca
3 forces that shape a man’s destiny
fate, God, man
dragon represents
inevitable death
grendel represents the
devil
sea-stead
boat
bone-chamber
body
night-prowler
grendel
ring-giver
king/hrothgar
what adjective has a different meaning today than back then
audacious
century that beowulf was composed
8th century-740
what shield did beowulf have
linden
what is a linden shield
a wooden shield
mournful song
dirge
how many men did beo bring
14
orphan that was the first king of the Danes
Shild Scefing
Grandson of Shild and the father of Hrothgar
Healfdane
King of the danes during beowulf
hrothgar
queen of the danes
wealtheow
who burned herot
Ingeld (son-in-law of Hrothgar)
who was asked by Wealtheow to care for her children but ended up murdering them
Hrothulf
Geats family was called the ____ family
Waegmunding
who was beowulf’s grandfaterh
Hrethel
who is beowulf’s father
egtheow
who is the king of the geats during the story
Hygelac
who is the queen of the geats
Hygd
who is the son of Hygelac and beo’s cousin
Heardred
who was killed in battle
Hygelac and Heardred
who succeeded beowulf
Wiglaf
