Beowulf Episodes 1 and 2 Vocabulary

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  1. roamer
    someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
    Such heaping of horrors the hater of men,
    lonely roamer, wrought unceasing,
    harassings heavy.
  2. accurst
    under a curse
    The mighty chief,
    atheling excellent, unblithe sat,
    labored in woe for the loss of his thanes,
    when once had been traced the trail of the fiend,
    spirit accurst: too cruel that sorrow,
    too long, too loathsome.
  3. thane
    a feudal lord or baron
    Unhallowed wight,
    grim and greedy, he grasped betimes,
    wrathful, reckless, from resting-places,
    thirty of the thanes, and thence he rushed
    fain of his fell spoil, faring homeward,
    laden with slaughter, his lair to seek.
  4. feud
    a bitter quarrel between two parties
    Nor far was that day
    when father and son-in-law stood in feud
    for warfare and hatred that woke again.
  5. wight
    a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
    Grendel this monster grim was called,
    march-riever mighty, in moorland living,
    in fen and fastness; fief of the giants
    the hapless wight a while had kept
    since the Creator his exile doomed.
  6. wassail
    a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas
    Then at the dawning, as day was breaking,
    the might of Grendel to men was known;
    then after wassail was wail uplifted,
    loud moan in the morn.
  7. unhallowed
    not hallowed or consecrated
    Unhallowed wight,
    grim and greedy, he grasped betimes,
    wrathful, reckless, from resting-places,
    thirty of the thanes, and thence he rushed
    fain of his fell spoil, faring homeward,
    laden with slaughter, his lair to seek.
  8. unhallow
    remove the consecration from a person or an object
    Unhallowed wight,
    grim and greedy, he grasped betimes,
    wrathful, reckless, from resting-places,
    thirty of the thanes, and thence he rushed
    fain of his fell spoil, faring homeward,
    laden with slaughter, his lair to seek.
  9. burg
    colloquial American term for a town
    Episode I

    Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings,
    leader beloved, and long he ruled
    in fame with all folk, since his father had gone
    away from the world, till awoke an heir,
    haughty Healfdene, who held through life,
    sage and sturdy, the Scyldings glad.
  10. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
    So lived the clansmen in cheer and revel
    a winsome life, till one began
    to fashion evils, that field of hell.
  11. fief
    a piece of land held under the feudal system
    Grendel this monster grim was called,
    march-riever mighty, in moorland living,
    in fen and fastness; fief of the giants
    the hapless wight a while had kept
    since the Creator his exile doomed.
  12. ceaselessly
    with unflagging resolve
    There came unhidden
    tidings true to the tribes of men,
    in sorrowful songs, how ceaselessly Grendel
    harassed Hrothgar, what hate he bore him,
    what murder and massacre, many a year,
    feud unfading, -- refused consent
    to deal with any of Daneland's earls,
    make pact of peace, or compound for gold:
    still less did the wise men ween to get
    great fee for the feud from his fiendish hands.
  13. fiendish
    extremely evil or cruel
    There came unhidden
    tidings true to the tribes of men,
    in sorrowful songs, how ceaselessly Grendel
    harassed Hrothgar, what hate he bore him,
    what murder and massacre, many a year,
    feud unfading, -- refused consent
    to deal with any of Daneland's earls,
    make pact of peace, or compound for gold:
    still less did the wise men ween to get
    great fee for the feud from his fiendish hands.
  14. henchman
    someone who assists in a plot
    It came in his mind
    to bid his henchmen a hall uprear,
    ia master mead-house, mightier far
    than ever was seen by the sons of earth,
    and within it, then, to old and young
    he would all allot that the Lord had sent him,
    save only the land and the lives of his men.
Created on Wed Jun 09 11:35:48 EDT 2010

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