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Beowulf
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English
Undergraduate 3
04/19/2012

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Scop(Bard)
Definition
Makes money reciting poems to drunk people by memory.
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mead
Definition
Drink made from fermented honey
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Heorot
Definition
Mead hall built by Hrothgar
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Torque
Definition
Heavy piece of jewelry worn around the neck by both men and women
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Avg. Life span
Definition
32
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How long does Grendel come to eat them?

 

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12 years
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Grendel is a split between 2 religions
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Christianity and paganism
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Christian Story of Grendel's existence
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Race of Cane (Cane and Able from bible) Decendants of Cane the brother killer became monsters
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Kenning(s)
Definition
Sayings like "Whale-Road" which means Ocean or "Bone-CAge" which means chest or Ring-Giver=King
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anathema
Definition
curse
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Grendel going isn't going away with christianity and praying so...
Definition
go back to pagan ways
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Ecgtheow
Definition
Geat from Sweden. Beowuls dad. Killed a man in Sweden and was kicked out so now a fugitive in Denmark. Hrothgar gave him money to send to family of the person he murdered. If you dont pay back they kill you. Beowulf is returning favor to Hrothgar.
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wyrd
Definition
Like a net. As you go through life, the day you die is around you everyday of your life...net tightens until it gets you...dead
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breca
Definition
Swam 7 days with Beowulf (contest) Beowulf lost because he was fighting off monsters. However, they went shoulder to shoulder for 5 days.
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Hwoet
Definition
shout this word to get peoples attention in the mead hall
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The shield-danes
Definition
people getting eaten by Grendel
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Thursday
Definition
Thor's day. Day givent o the god Thor
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1066
Definition
Battle of hastings. end of anglo saxon rule of great britain. King Harold of Britain dies by an arrow throught the eye. The french win on horses and the snglo saxons had shields. the french then make anglo saxons their slaves and we all begin speaking french
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normans
Definition
people who live in france
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3 techniques of remembering the poems (scop)

 

R>A>C

Definition

Alliteration-words having same starting letter/sound alike

Caesura- Split between each line

Rythm-each half has 4 syllables; hard; soft ;hard; soft

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wergild
Definition
If you kill someone, payoff to their family
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hringa fengel
Definition
person in charge of the rings
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J.R.R Tolking
Definition
Changes the meaning of lord of the rings. In the movie its a bad thing..in beowulf..the king is generous.
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Grendel's magical power
Definition
Can not be hurt by edged weapons
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unferth
Definition
Makes fun of beowulf saying he lost the swimmin gcontest to breca. Gave "Hrunting" to apologize and to fight momster
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wyrm
Definition
dragon
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melancholy
Definition
mood of sadness. No matter what you do, wyrd will get you
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aeschere
Definition
Counselor to Hrothgar (king) his right hand man. Momster took him and killed him
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Hrunting
Definition
Sword tempereds in blood that unferth gives to beowulf to fight momster
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how long does it take beowulf to get to the bottom of the lake?
Definition
3 hours
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How old is momster?

 

Definition
100
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berserk
Definition

go crazy -frenzy (to fight in a frenzy)

Comes from norweigen vikings "berserkers" they were the marines of the vikings...fought frenzilied

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how does beowuld kill momster
Definition
with a sword obtained from her wall that was made by giants. severed her spinal cord.
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hilt
Definition
sword handle
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runes
Definition
ancient form of writing. Intricate patterns that tell stories
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where did brave warriors go?

 

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vehalla
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wiglaf
Definition
Only man to help Beowulf fight the dragon. the other 11 men ran
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naegling
Definition
sword that breaks during the dragon fight. Beowulfs #1 sword.
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smaug
Definition
famous dragon not in beowulf
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Vinland, Greenland and Leif "The Lucky" Ericson
Definition
Leif Ericson discovered Canada. He was a christian his dad Eric the red was a pagan (worships Thor) and notorious criminal 500 years before christopher columbus.eric the red killed someone in Norway and was exiled so sails to iceland kills someone then goes to greenland. Wanted other people to come there so lies and calls it greenland even though its icy. His son Leif goes to norway from greenland (where he was born) and while on the way encounters a storm and was blown to canada calls the place vinland (wine country) to get people to come instead of drinking mead, But it fails.
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How does beowulf save unferths pride?
Definition
When he comes up from killing momster..he tells unferth that hrunting helped him kill her and thanks him
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Why does dragon start to wreck havoc?
Definition
He notices a goblet missing from his wyrm hoard.
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Stories of dragons and wyrm hoards
Definition
Found skulls of dinosaurs that they couldnt explain. Also found treasures left from romans that they couldnt explain. tied the two together and there you have it. They thought it was magic.
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what important building did the dragon burn down?
Definition
Beowulfs house (mead hall). this is when beowulf decides to go after the dragon at age 71 but he finds 12 men to go with him first.
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Thanes
Definition
beowulfs leading knights
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what did beowuld discover from the runes?
Definition
that a whole people had disappeared off the face of the earth. Melancholy. Wyrd.
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What does Beowulf go get before fighting dragon?
Definition
A shield that only he was strong enough to hold in order to protect him from the fire
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After dragon fangs bite beowulf
Definition
wiglaf stabs dragon in the belly to distract him while beowulf gets dagger and gets dragon in the side. Beowulf is poisoned and dies. Sweden wont last after beowulf is dead melancholy. he has no family to take throne.
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length of dragon
Definition
50 ft. Also they throw into ocean after it dies.
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