Grendel
Grendel“s Mother
Puff the Magic Dragon
Vocab
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Fighting with no armor
What is how Beowulf fights Grendel
100
A bottomless lake full of sea monsters
What is Grendel's mother's home
100
Treasure
What is what the dragon is hiding
100
Feasting hall
What is mead hall
100
Alcoholic drink of honey and water
What is mead?
200
30 men
What is how many people Grendel kills the first night
200
Hrothgar's right-hand man
What is who does she kill
200
An escaped slave stole his favorite cup
What is how was the dragon awakened
200
principal, power, or agency by which events are predetermined; fate, destiny
What is wyrd
200
Relative, specifically male
What is kinsman
300
Beowulf rips Grendel's arm off
What is how Beowulf kills Grendel
300
Same curse as Grendel
What is why can't Beowulf kill her with his sword?
300
poison
What is how Beowulf is killed
300
a tract of open land preserved for shooting
What is moor
300
Threatening harm, menacing
What is Baleful
400
Grendels mother
What is Grendel's mother's name
400
A sword made by giants
What is what Beowulf finds in her lair/what he uses to kill her
400
Stabbed in the stomach
What is how the dragon is killed
400
to secure a ship (anchor)
What is moored
400
a low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land
What is Fen
500
Singing of God and joy
What is why Grendel wakes up and attacks Herot
500
The sword Hrunting, the hilt of the giants sword, and Grendel's head
What is what Beowulf brings back from her lair
500
Gold
What is what the dragon protects in the cave
500
religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; a sermon
What is homily
500
Old and trite
What is Hoary