Anglo-Saxon/Beowulf Unit Test Review
History related information:
Dates
c. 1000 B.C.
55 B.C.
409 A.D.
449 A.D.
597 A.D.
793 A.D.
878 A.D.
891 A.D.
1066 A.D.
People
Places and Things
Julius Caesar
Boadicea
St. Patrick
King Arthur
King Ethelbert
St. Augustine
The Venerable Bede
Literary Terms:
allusion
alliteration
caesura
kenning
epithet
epic poem
Vocabulary:
thane
comitatus
scop
bard
wyrd
wergild
foundling
renege
torque
anathema
lair
wassail
reparation
parley
mail
respite
mead
baleful
ignominious
heathen
hoard
depredations
hart
alacrity
beowulf:
definition of an epic
characteristics of an Anglo-Saxon hero
characters and their relationships
plot
themes
aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture illustrated in the poem
Sources of information:
Literature book
Pod-cast
English History Made Brief…
Reading Aids handout
Your notes on the panel presentations
Groups of People
mead-hall
pyre
barrow
the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
the Exeter Book
Sutton Hoo
Celts
Romans
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
Vikings
Normans
elegy (elegiac)
digression
whorled
ensconced
hale
accoutrement
beseeched
gloaming
virulent
quelled
suppurating
languishing
disconsolate
dirges
Anglo-Saxon Poetry:
“The Seafarer”
“The Wanderer”
“The Wife’s Lament”