Battle with Grendel
Battle with Grendel's Mother
Anglo Saxon History
Terms
People, places & things
100
What causes Grendel to enter Herot in the beginning
What is he was irritated with the music and loud men
100
Where the Battle with Grendel's Mother took place
What is underwater
100

The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came from 

Denmark and Germany

100
A long narrative peom
What is an epic
100
The name of Beowulf's sword
What is Hrunting
200
How Beowulf kills Grendel
What is he rips his arm off with his bare hands
200
Beowulf uses this to kill Grendel's Mother
What is the sword from the cave wall
200
What country is former Geatland known as now
What is Sweden
200

An alcoholic beverage made of honey.

What is mead?

200

Who is credited with bringing Christianity to Britain?

St. Augustine

300
Grendel casts a spell on this
What is the men's weapons
300

Beowulf takes this with him from Grendel's Mother's Lair

What is Grendel's head

300
The two religions of the Anglo Saxon culture
What is Christianity and Paganism
300

Exaggerated claims not meant to be taken literally.

What is hyperbole?

300
The country where Beowulf is from
What is Geatland
400
Why did Beowulf keep Grendel's arm after killing him
What is to keep is as a trophy
400
What was Grendel's Mothers intentions
What is to seek revenge for her son's death
400
How long Grendel was terrorizing Herot before Beowulf came to the rescue
What is 12 years (12 winters)
400
two-word poetic renamings of people, places, and things
What is a kenning
400

In what century do most scholars believe that Beowulf was written?

11th Century

500

How do we know that Beowulf was honorable?

He refused to use weapons against Grendel.

500
Why does Grendel's mother only kill one soldier in the beginning
What is to lure Beowulf into her lair
500
What are two of the values/beliefs of Anglo-Saxon life
What is loyalty, bravery, honor, fate
500

A legally binding arrangement in Germanic societies where money was paid to the family of the victim of a murder or injury by the offender.

What is a wergild?

500
The name of Beowulf's uncle
What is Higlac
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