What is the name of the sword that is lent to Beowulf?
What is Hrunting?
100
An epic hero represents (what to a society)??
All the qualities that a particular society deems important.
The Anglo Saxons enjoyed war/strength/defeating enemies/honor and therefore Beowulf represents all of those things.
100
He is the king of the Geats at the beginning of the book.
Who is Hygelac?
100
What is Beowulf's super power?
He has the strength of 30 men in each hand.
100
Hell-bride describes...
Grendel's mother
200
Beowulf's sword is named this.
What is Naegling?
200
What form can an epic NEVER take?
An epic can't be written in prose form, it must always be a poem to be an epic.
200
He is the son of Cain.
Who is Grendel?
200
This is Beowulf's homeland.
What is Geatland?
200
Ring-giver describes...
Hrothgar (or a king in general)
300
This/These thing(s) are typically used in epics in order to plug in more stories about exploits.
What are boasts?
300
Anglo Saxons include pauses so that their story tellers could breathe, what are these called?
What are caesuras?
300
The three tribes that invaded Briton (now England) were..
Who are the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
300
What do we know about the person who wrote down Beowulf?
We assume he was a Christian Monk since there are so many Christian references in the story.
300
Hell's son describes...
Who is Grendel?
400
What is the OE/Anglo Saxon word for "man-price"? We would call it blood money today.
What is werigild?
400
the anglo saxon word for fate
What is Wyrd?
400
This is another name for a story teller...
What is a scop?
400
He was Beowulf's childhood friend who entered a swimming contest with him.
Who was Brecca?
400
Fire worm describes...
What is the dragon?
500
How was Beowulf passed down from generation to generation??
Through the oral tradition (word of mouth/not written down)
500
These are metaphoric compound words that create a synonym for a common known word?
What is a kenning?
500
These were the names of the two living women (not including Grendel's mom) in Beowulf.
Who are Hygd and Wealtheow?
500
According to Beowulf, women have a "major role" in society and that is...