| A | B |
|---|
| gabled | peaked, as a roof |
| brood | (n.) clutch; litter; offspring |
| lament | (n.) dirge; crying; expression of grief |
| reparation | amends; reimbursement |
| plundering | thieving; predatory |
| prow | the front of a ship |
| linden | a deciduous hardwood tree, grown for its soft lumber and for shade |
| vexed | angry |
| boast | (n.) prideful claim; (v.) to brag |
| reprisal | revenge; retaliation |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place, undertaken for religious reasons; a journey to a place with special significance |
| courtier | aristocrat; noble |
| vane | a flat blade mounted as part of a set in a circle so as to rotate under the action of wind or liquid. |
| fantastic | extraordinary; imaginary; implausible |
| fetter | (n.) restraint, shackle, tie; (v.) to impede; to restrict; to restrain |
| runic | relating to an old Germanic alphabet character from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| solace | (v.) to console; to comfort; (n.) succor, relief |
| check | (v.) to curb; to limit; to stop; to delay |
| niggardly | miserly; ungenerous; stingy |
| imperious | domineering; haughty; bossy |
| supple | elastic; limber; lithe; agile |
| hide | An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for one free family and its dependents |
| reproach | (n.) accusation; blame; (v.) to admonish; to accuse; to criticize |
| molten | glowing with great heat; melted |
| hoary | snow-white; grey; silvery; ancient |
| dirge | a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or lament for the dead. |
| epic poem | a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. |
| epic hero | a brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. |
| epic boast | a lengthy form of boasting about personal heroic deeds that occurs during an epic poem |
| kenning | a conventional poetic phrase used for or in addition to the usual name of a person or thing, especially in Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon verse, as "a wave traveler" for "a boat." |
| epithet | any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality: "Richard the Lion-Hearted" is an epithet of Richard I. |
| mead hall | an Anglo-Saxon central meeting place in which a lord entertains thanes with mead and feasting |
| scop | an Old English bard or poet |
| thane | warrior |
| caesura | a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural rhythm of the language |
