Anglo - Saxon Period Vocabulary Flashcards
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Spawn
to make a series of things to happen or start to exist
an unpleasant thick, slippery substance
Slime
Writhing
to twist and turn this way and that; suffer from shame or confusion
Struggle
to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult
a strong desire for more food, money, power, possessions, etc that you need
Greed
Brood
to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about
a pause in the middle of a line in a poem
Caesura
important or interesting enough to deserver your attention
Noteworthy
a religion in which all animals, plants, and objects are beleived to have spirits
Animism
the language that ordinary people use in a country or region, as opposed to the official language
Vernacular
Growl
to make a rumbling noise
if you rattle something, or if it rattles, it shakes and makes a quick series of short sounds
Rattle
Alliteration
the use of several words close together that begin with the same consonant
withtout anything to make you feel happy or hopeful
Bleak
similarity in the vowel sounds of words that are close together in a poem
Assonance
to take something away from someone with a quick, often violent, movement
Snatch (up)
Purge
getting rid of persons left to be treacherous or disloyal
to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult
Struggle
Bleak
withtout anything to make you feel happy or hopeful
a poet
Bard
Fiend
a very wicked or cruel person
Animism
a religion in which all animals, plants, and objects are beleived to have spirits
Convey
to communicate or express something, with or without using words
a wide open area of a high land covered with rough grass or low bushes and heather, that is not farmed because the soil is not good enough
Moor
