Battles, etc.
This causes Grendel to enter Herot in the beginning
What is: he was irritated with the music and loud men because he could never be a part of that.
What three groups of people invade England with their Anglo Saxon ways?
What are: the Angles, Saxons and Jutes ( and Danes).
How many men did Beowulf take with him to Denmark?
What is 14?
Beowulf is this type of literature
What is an epic poem
The name of Unferth's sword which he gave to Beowulf
What is Hrunting?
For these reasons, Beowulf fights Grendle with his bare hands.
What is: Grendel only uses his bare hands and he doesn't want his king to think he is a coward.
The name of the oral story teller who travelled from village to village
What is: a scop (or bard)?
How many years have passed since Grendel was haunting Herot before Beowulf came to help them.
What is 12 years.
This indicates a father/son relationship
Hrothgar builds this in celebration of the Danes' victory
What is Herot
Grendel casts a spell on this
What is the men's weapons
This term describes a loyalty to one's Lord, War band, or kin
What is: Comitatus?
Unferth challenges Beowulf's greatness and accuses Beowulf of losing what event and to whom?
What is: he accuses him of losing a swimming match to Brecca.
This is a compound noun that describes another noun
What is Kenning?
The name of Beowulf's sword
What is Nagling
The dragon in Beowulf and almost all literature represents what:
What is: human greed and/or Satan
What are the names of Beowulf's heirs?
What is: He didn't have any heirs.
How many times does Beowulf battle sea monsters and when?
What is: he battles sea monsters twice- once when he loses the swimming match to Brecca and once when he enters the lake to battle Grendel's mother.
This is where a pat of something represents the whole thing
What is synecdoche?
The name of Beowulf's father
What is Edgetho
How many times is Beowulf almost defeated and when?
What is: once during the swimming contest with Brecca and the other during his battle with Grendel's mother.
How is it that King Hrothgar already knows Beowulf when he comes to assist the Danes with Grendel?
What is: he was friend's with Beowulf's father Edgetho.
Beowulf's home, Geatland, is now what country today?
What is: Sweden?
Explain the role of women in Beowulf.
What is: They keep peace and bear children to create blood ties, they lament loss and don't seek vengeance and they pass the cup at the mead hall cementing bonds.