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| scruples |
morals or ethical considerations that restrain one's behavior |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:26:14 GMT |
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| niggardly |
reluctant to give or spend. stingy |
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| runic |
written or recorded in the ancient alphabet of runes. |
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| scabbard |
sheath for a sword |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:26:14 GMT |
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| pyre |
bonfire for burning dead body |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:25:25 GMT |
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| hoary |
gray or white with age |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:25:25 GMT |
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| sinews |
tendons |
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| talons |
claws |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:25:25 GMT |
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| sentinel |
a person or thing that stands watch |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:25:04 GMT |
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| gorges |
eats greedily |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:25:04 GMT |
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| vexed |
irritated, annoyyed |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:25:04 GMT |
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| mead |
alcohol made from honey and water |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:25:04 GMT |
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| linden |
soft, light wood |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:24:35 GMT |
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| gables |
decorative triangular-shaped roof structure |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:24:35 GMT |
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| moored |
secured ship |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:24:34 GMT |
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| wyrd |
fate determined by actions |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:24:34 GMT |
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| wergild |
"man payment"
paying a mans family to atone for the deed of killing them to prevent revenge.
Hrothgar paid a wergild to Beowulf's father. |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:23:46 GMT |
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| versification |
accent based meter of four stressed beats
undetermined number of stressed beats per line
two half lines separated by caesura. third stress alliterates with first or second. fourth never alliterates |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:22:42 GMT |
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| synecdoche |
part of something used to designate a whole
"keel" for "ship"
"Wheels for "car" |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:22:42 GMT |
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| scop |
storyteller who traveled from court to court in Anglo-Saxon time |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:22:42 GMT |
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| metony y |
a figure of speech where one thing is used to designate something with which it is commonly associated
"bottle" for "liquor" |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:22:42 GMT |
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| litotes |
deliberately steep understatement, often stated with a word of negotiation . DENYING OPPOSITE
person= slightly ugly
litote= "not unattractive" |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:19:27 GMT |
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| kennings |
form of compounding with metaphoric meaning.
whales road= ocean
gardens blood sphere= tomato |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:19:27 GMT |
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| formulas |
ready made phrases that are repeated.
staple of oral tradition.
Beowulf the Greet! |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:19:27 GMT |
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| epic poetry |
long epic poem about super human |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:19:27 GMT |
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| epic hero |
superhuman main character /hero of epic poem |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:15:32 GMT |
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| Compounding |
combination of two words to make a new word.
Life-sick= mortally wounded |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:15:32 GMT |
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| comitatus |
Germanic Code of loyalty;
1. thanes swore loyalty to king
2. king gave thane gifts
3. King was hospitible
4. Reputation of a thane had to king was of utmost importance |
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porkchoppony Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:15:31 GMT |
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| alliteration |
repetition of stressed sounds (consonants at the beginnings of words) |
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