| A | B |
|---|
| kennings | A-S compound metaphors |
| caesura | break in A-S poem lines |
| traits of A-S poetry | no rhyme but alliteration |
| Beowulf | A-S epic hero |
| briefness of life | transitory nature of life |
| Beowulf writing | earliest written piece of British lit |
| Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | history record about A-Saxons |
| Ecclesiastical Hist of Eng People | Venerable Bede's work |
| Grendel | evil monster |
| Hrunting | Beowulf's sword |
| Hrothgar | King of Danes |
| Danes | Vikings |
| Geats | Beowulf's people |
| Normans | early French people |
| 1066 | Norman conquest |
| Romans | brought monks to England |
| "The Seafarer" | A-S about hard life |
| fate | life is determined for someone |
| German tribes | Angles, Saxons, Jutes |
| Wiglaf | brave warrior |
| Anglo-Saxon singing poet | scop |
| Old English | Anglo-Saxon |
| thane | any Anglo-Saxon warrior |
| torn-off arm | Grendel's mortal injury |
| gold cup | item that upsets dragon |
| being that causes Beowulf's death | dragon |
| Beowulf's burial treatment | cremation |
| resting place of Beowulf | Beowulf's Tower |
| Grendel's ancestor | Cain |
| Beowulf's type of poem | epic |
| hero's qualities | honor, loyalty, strength, famous |
| qualities of epic | cataloging, boasting, formal style |
| runes | Celtic lettering |
| riddles | A-S entertainment |
| Unferth | jealous Dane |
| Brecca | swimmer youth |
| Grendel's mother's cause of death | beheading |
| underwater cave | home of Grendel and mother |
| mead hall | A-S king's place of throne |
| comitatus | spirit of loyalty |
