ENGLISH MIDTERM = anglosaxon

was sent by pope gregory over to christianize england

common language

fate

man price

hrothgar's soldier

the warrior who helped beowulf fight dragon

in sweden where beowulf was from

written in latin

written by julius caesar

evil man who was the monster that fought people

a hall where people gathered to tell stories

helped to preserve anglo-saxon culture

compiled under alfred the great in english

believed in animism

leader of monks who was religous

the monks only copied down literature with God in it or they threw it away

• vikings- invaded england from sweden and destroyed everything
• danes- invaded england and did horrific things to the people
• iberians- invade from spain and portugal; 1st to invade england

irish

scots

england

spain and portugal

monks made sure that every piece of literature had religion in it, so they would make sure to add it in if it wasnt in the story

• wife- she grieves and doesnt want to be alone
• wanderer- travels the world in search of aid and shelter
• seafarer- he misses everything that has to do with home

he believes that going from a polytheistic to a monotheistic religion will help them to figure things out like what happens before and after death

repetition in the beginning of words

repetition of vowels at the end of words

repetition of consonents at the end of words

pause in the middle of a line

ae

fancy metaphor

king of danes

beowulf's sword

king of gaels,beowulf's uncle

beowulf's grandfather

hrothgar's brother

hrothgar's dad

mead hall