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| A compound of two words or more that stands for a certain idea, i.e. whaletrail, Grendel being referenced as a corpsemaker. |
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| A pause, breathing space, and or silence within a line of poetry, indicated with a space in a line |
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| An Anglo Saxan storyteller, keeper of tradition |
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| Transcribed lots of Anglo Saxon stories from oral to on paper |
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| Idea of blood vengeance, retainers were loyal to their king or kinsman, places value on material possessions and being rewarded with them, high praise and fame |
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| The amount of material good a murderer could pay in order to even his debt and escape being killed |
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| Pertains to knightly class, fair treatment to enemies, honor among other knights, loyalty to noblemen |
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| Place of celebration and fellowship |
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| Lament, sorrowful meditation on loss, speaker is often an exile, turns thoughts toward God, calls the value of the Germanic code into question(genre) |
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| (Heroic poetry) literary genre that consists of lengthy narrative works that celebrate martial heroes |
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| Genre that generally tries to provoke or instruct, typically through allegorical interpretation |
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| Reference to one of various literary texts within a body of work(lots are in footnotes) |
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| Repetition of a consonant sound in consecutive or closely positioned words. |
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| Placement of images or ideas close together or side by side in order to highlight contrasts or comparisons |
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| - Expression of symbolic figures or actions that embody generalizations/truths/ideas about existence; Grendel=allegorical to Pagan/Germanic values, Beowulf=(more)allegorical to Christian values |
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| Which works represent Anglo-Saxon Literature? |
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| The Wanderer, The Wife's Lament, Beowulf, Caedmon's Hymn, Judith, Dream Of The Rood. |
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