History
The Anglo-Saxon period ended with the Battle of which location?
What is Hastings?
The names of the days of the week are named for these types of gods and goddesses.
What is pagan?
Anglo-Saxon stories were passed down through this tradition.
What is oral?
What is a thane?
The language that Beowulf is written in.
What is Old English?
The three Germanic tribes that invaded England.
What are the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes?
This structure was created after the funeral pyre was extinguished for nobility.
What is a barrow or mound?
This is the name of the performer of an Anglo-Saxon poem.
This is the main ingredient for mead.
What is honey?
Sky-candle is an example of this literary device.
What is a kenning?
The name of the period in which the Anglo-Saxons were in Britain (446 ro 1066 AD).
What is the Dark Ages?
The Anglo-Saxons were pagan, but elements of this religion are found within the text of Beowulf.
What is Christianity?
Beowulf takes place here in the 6th century AD.
What is Scandinavia?
The mead hall was the location for this type of event, which included drinking and eating.
What is celebrating?
This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent words.
What is alliteration?
The name for England comes from this tribe.
What are the Angles?
Thursday's name comes from this god.
What is Thor?
The oldest surviving copy of Beowulf dates from this century.
What is the 11th century.
This was the most used weapon of the Anglo-Saxons.
What is a sword?
This is the name of the letter no longer used in the English language. It resembles a backwards 6 with a line through the top.
What is thorn?
The rule of the Anglo-Saxons ended with the invasion of this man and his army.
Who is William the Conquerer?
Christianity was originally brought to Britain by this group.
What are the Romans?
The written version of Beowulf was most likely written by this person.
What is a Christian monk?
This is armor reserved for nobility.
What is chain mail?
The name of the original characters of Old English.
What are runes?