Collection 5: Beowulf

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  1. moor
    open land with peaty soil covered with heather and moss
  2. spawn
    deposit a mass of eggs
  3. Cain
    (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
  4. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  5. heathen
    not acknowledging the God of Christianity, Judaism and Islam
  6. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
  7. mail
    (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
  8. smith
    someone who works metal
  9. purge
    make pure or free from sin or guilt
  10. linden
    any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
  11. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  12. Wayland
    a supernatural smith and king of the elves
  13. threshold
    the entrance for passing through a room or building
  14. infamous
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  15. taut
    subjected to great tension; stretched tight
  16. sinew
    a band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment
  17. pilgrimage
    a journey to a sacred place
  18. vane
    flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
  19. boar
    a male hog
  20. loathsome
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  21. graybeard
    a man who is very old
  22. dissolve
    pass into a solution
  23. noble
    having high or elevated character
  24. rejoice
    feel happiness
  25. glorious
    having or deserving or conferring high honor
Created on Thu Jul 17 19:41:20 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:20:08 EDT 2014)

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