affixes
This prefix means "bad" or "negative".
What is -mal?
"I am the best around!" is an example of this word.
What is boast?
This is what Beowulf desires above all.
What is honor and glory?
Grendel has been causing death at the mead hall Herot for this long.
What is twelve years?
This concept is almost identical to fate.
What is wyrd?
This suffix means to be full of or to have.
What is -ous?
"the great" used after someone's name is an example of this other vocab word.
What is an epithet?
This is how Beowulf reveals his true self after boasting that he is the strongest of men.
What is defeating Grendel in battle?
After Grendel's defeat, this is what the Danish people do.
What is celebrate?
The Dane's celebration shows this about them as a people.
This is the definition of the word pompous.
What is excessively grand or showy?
The challenges in one's path are considered this word.
What is a adversity?
Beowulf hangs Grendel's arm from the rafters to make all who see it aware of this.
What is Beowulf's own glory?
What is when Grendel flees from Beowulf?
Beowulf lives by this specific code.
What is the Comitatus Code?
This is the definition of malfunction.
What is a failure to operate successfully?
A pause in the middle of a line of poetry is represented by this word.
What is a caesura?
Beowulf shows he is honorable because he fights Grendel with this weapon.
What is his bare hands?
This is Grendel's true nature exposed by his demise.
What is a mortal creature?
The intense desire to do harm describes this word.
What is malice?
This prefix means "good".
What is bene-?
When a person shows up unannounced they do this word.
What is impose?
Other than fighting with his bare hands, these are the other two honors that Beowulf requests of his fight against Grendle.
What is to do it on his own, and for his armor to be returned home?
What is the end of evil?
Upon one's death, their family may deserve this payment.
What is wergild?