To rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
Purge.
100
A long narrative poem on a serious subject; the adventures of a hero whose actions consist of courageous, even superhuman, deeds,which often represent the ideals and values of a nation or race.
Epic.
100
A figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common.
Metaphor.
100
Frigga, goddess of the home.
Friday.
200
A journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion.
What is a pilgrimage?
200
The mass or eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans. Any person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock.
Spawn.
200
A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings.
Lyric.
200
A statement that seems to contradict, or oppose, itself but, in fact, reveals some elemental.
Paradox.
200
Tuesday.
Tiw, god of war.
300
Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
Solace.
300
The making of amends for wrong or injury done.
Reparation.
300
A brief statement that expresses a general observation about life.
Aphorism.
300
A figure of speech in which part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the specific.
Synechdoche.
300
Wednesday.
Woden, Chief among the Teutonic gods
400
A funeral garment or covering; a sheet a person is wrapped in for burial.
Shroud.
400
Striated muscle; muscular in build.
Sinew.
400
A brief phrase that points out traits associated with a particular person or thing.
Epithet.
400
Compound words or phrases substituted for simple nouns.
Kenning-Metaphorical
400
An Anglo-Saxon era poet who also had societal significance as the historian.
A Scop.
500
Such a pile for burning a dead body, especially as part of a funeral rite.
Pyre.
500
(In warfare) retaliation against an enemy for injuries received; the action or practice of using force, short of war.
Reprisal.
500
An extended meditative poem in which the speaker reflects upon death-often in tribute to a person who has died recently.
Elegy.
500
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which is closely associated.