anglo-saxon review for test Flashcards
a mock of a piece of literature
parody
beowulf was burned on a funeral ____
pire
sang at beowulf’s funeral
dirgd
the seafarer is a ___ but also an _____
lyric
ellegy
wakeful sleeper describes ___
FL-
beowulf
oxymoron
end of anglo-saxon period
1066
three lyrics we read
The seafarer
the Wanderer
The wife’s lament
brevity of life
transitoriness
consolation to transitoriness
seek for fame and glory
the 7 deadly sins
lust pride envy sloth-laziness gluttony-over indulgence wrath-anger greed
“every rock, every tree, every crystal of snow cries out cold-blooded objectness.” from_____
FL- (5)
grendel
hyperbole, cacophony, personification,
alliteration
epithet
another name for the anglo-saxon period
dark ages
grendel descended from
Cain
the allusion to Cain is
biblical
Beowulf’s king/uncle
Hygelc
author of Grendel
John Gardener
figurative language when a person addresses an inanimate object
apostrophe
pagan word for fate
wyrd
the norman conquest brought
french words into the celtic language
a pause in the middle or end of a line
caesura
adjective that describes literary pieces from the anglo-saxon period
oral
who is the warrior that helps beowulf
wiglaf
what is the name of the mead hall
herot
name of King alfred’s history book
the anglo-saxon chronicles
who translated most of the anglo-saxon works
Burton Raffel
latin came from the
roman monks
who’s burial began beowulf
shild’s
Scandinavian influences came from the
vikings
The _____ book contained riddles and lyrics
Exeter
swords that failed beowulf
Nagling- ancient sword against dragon
Hrunting- failed against grendel’s mother, dissolved in blood. Unferth gave it to him.
4 differences between Beowulf and the Seafarer
- Beowulf is less ______. The Seafarer ends with _____ and tells how to get to Heaven
- Beowulf is _____. The SF is more _____.
- SF is critical of ______. In Beowulf, ______ are coupled with riches.
- The SF tells us to live _____. Beowulf follows an _____ method. Vengeance and audacious
Christian. Amen old modern pagan burials burials humbly eye for an eye
4 similarities between Beowulf and the Seafarer
- Both have _______________. Style = ___
- both were written in the same _____ and have the same ____.
- both have a theme of _____.
- Both talk about the ____ as being important in their lives
kennings, caesuras, epithets, alliterative measures same time period. translator transitoriness sea
classify beowulf as an epic
over 3,000 lines
beowulf gives his resume to hrothgar- very long speech
vast setting- denmark and sweden over the course of 50 years
hero with superhuman strength of 30 men.
3 worthy adversaries
grendel was worthy bc he ravaged for 12 winters
3 pagan elements in Beowulf
stone gods
pagan burials
fate-wyrd
vengeance and monsters
3 Christian elements in Beowulf
creation story
Cain reference
beowulf thanks God for his victories
what did you learn from your study of the anglo saxon period
that many languages are rolled into our language now from all the influences. Viking, germanic, french, and roman influenced the original celtic language
beowulf is more of a ____ not real _____
legend
history
who is actually in the history book for beowulf
Hrothgar
Hygelac
Herot was burned by Ingeld
Hrothgar’s children were murdered by his cousin
ending with amen is from where
Seafarer
water became bone is from where
FL-
iceberg riddle
metaphor
she had killed a glorious soldier
is from where
who is she and soldier
beowulf
grendel’smom
aschere
i roar with the wind is from where
anchor riddle
surely I had not angered you Lord is from where
beowulf- hrothgar
my soul roams with the sea is from where
the seafarer
chilly fire is from where
fl-
grendel
nothing golden shakes the wrath of God. is from where
the SF
and out thoughts should turn to where our home is. is from where
The SF
wound, around, bound, is what Fl
assonance
mighty water witch is what Fl
kenning
hammered by the giants is from where
beowulf
Hear me! is from where
what does this show
oral tradition
broken hinges rattle like swords. is from where
grendel
it is good to find your grace in God. is from where
wanderer
everything earthly is evily born.is from where
what Fl
wanderer
hyperbole
alliteration
the world is my bone cave. is from where
what fl
grendel
parody
kenning
they have seen their strength myselves. is from where
beowulf
fate has opened a single port. is from where
wanderer
that my beloved sits. is from where
the WL
