Beowulf I
This character is the father of Beowulf.
Who is Edgetheow?
This is the name of the tribe of Denmark.
Who are the Danes?
These are the years of the Anglo-Saxon Period.
What is 449-1066?
This word means "to evoke resentment in."
What is pique?
This means the opposite of "cheerful, joyful, jubilant."
What is plaintive?
This is the name of Beowulf's successor.
Who is Wiglaf?
This is the name of Beowulf's sword
What is Neigling?
Anglo-Saxon poetry was composed of two half lines separated by this.
What is a caesura?
This word means "thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things."
What is pensive?
This man translated the book of John from Latin into English.
Who is Venerable Bede?
He was lord of the Danes.
Who is Hrothgar?
He was Hrothgar's favorite adviser who was killed by Grendel.
Who is Aeshere?
What is a kenning?
What is aggrandize?
This means the opposite of "candor, forthrightness, duplicity."
What is chicanery?
He was lord of the Geats and Beowulf's uncle.
Who was Hygelac?
Of the three monsters, this one administered the fatal injury to Beowulf.
He was one who recited poems, a performer, or sometimes a jester and juggler.
Who is a gleeman?
This means "to indicate."
What is denote?
He is the first Anglo-Saxon poet whose name we know.
Who is Caedmon?
She was the wife of Hrothgar.
Who is Wealtheow?
What is Heorot?
This Anglo-Saxon work describes a man's compelling desire for the ocean, sailing, and life beyond.
What is The Seafarer?
This means "forceful and effective; keen, penetrating."
What is trenchant?
This means the opposite of "original, pithy, stimulating."
What is banal?