Vocabulary

Question 1

Hildeburh

Answer 1

A Danish Princess that married the Frisian King Finn. She loses her son and brother(Hnaef) in the fight of Finn’s Hall.

Question 2

Finn

Answer 2

King of the Frisians who marries Hildeburh. His father is Focwald. Finn gets killed after a winter in his home.

Question 3

Hnaef

Answer 3

King of the Danes in his time. He is killed in the war against the Frisians.

Question 4

Hengest

Answer 4

Brother of Hnaef who takes charge of kingdom when Hnaef is killed. Makes a truce with the Frisians.

Question 5

Grendel’s Mother

Answer 5

Experiences grief and revenge after son’s death. She attacks Danes one night, and she looks like a lizard.
Her blood is acidic and poisonous.

Question 6

Hygelac

Answer 6

King of Geats in the beginning of poem. Son of Hrethel.

Question 7

Hygd

Answer 7

Hygelac’s wife

Question 8

When was Beowulf written?

Answer 8

997 A.D.-1016 A.D.

Question 9

How many scribes copied down poem?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

How much of the poem has survived?

Answer 10

6,356 short lines

Question 11

What is the central narrative of poem?

Answer 11

Life of a hero

Question 12

keening

Answer 12

a hi-fend word

EX: fine-webbed

Question 13

whetted

Answer 13

sharp

Question 14

hilt

Answer 14

the handle

Question 15

similarities between grendel and grendel’s mother battle

Answer 15

1. Fights a creature
2. Suits equipment to fight
3. Fights himself no one helps