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Beowulf Flashcards

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The Germanic tribe to which Beowulf belonged

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Geats

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The Biblical ancestor of a race of monsters and giants supposedly representing the evil outcasts of the world

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Cain

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The name of Beowulf’s sword that snaps in battle against the dragon

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Naegling

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The king of the Danes whom Beowulf rescues from the curse of Grendel

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Hrothgar

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Named for a deer, associated with patterns, violated by Grendel

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Heorot

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The minstrel of a Germanic court who sang of the immortal Germanic heroes

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Scop

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The Germanic god for whom Wednesday is named

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woden

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The Germanic term for fate

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Wyrd

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A Dane who is critical of Beowulf’s loss in a swimming race

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Unferth

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Beowulf’s kinsman who stays with him in the time of the dragon

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Wiglaf

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A beverage made from fermented honey and grain

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Mead

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Beowulf’s uncle who is also the king of the Geats

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Hygelac

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A German hero celebrated in a digression, a type of Beowulf

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Sigemund

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The location of a sunken Anglo-Saxon ship filled with artifacts

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Sutton Hoo

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Outlines the cardinal virtues of Beowulf

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Hrothgar

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According to the Judeo-Christian tradition, the first recorded murder

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Cain

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Loses honor by not wishing to fight against Grendel’s mother

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Unferth

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Names twelve disciples to go with him

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Beowulf

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A gift that fails to fulfill its purpose in battle with Grendel’s mother

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Hrunting

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Receives a gold collar, war-shirt, and golden helmet, the last of the waegmindings

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Wiglaf

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