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30 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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kingdoms center or heart
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Herot (meadhall)
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fermented honey
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mead
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Beowulf belonged to this tribe
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Geats
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this person held a place of honor even though he wansnt a warrior
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Scop
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King of the geats
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Hyglac
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owners of Herot
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Danes
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home for monster
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lair
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beowulfs strongest most loyal follower
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Wyglaf
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a long list of battles fought
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catalog
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the sword given to beowulf by unferth
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Hrunting
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the kings warriors
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thanes
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represented as evil in the poem
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grendel
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beowulfs uncle and king
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Hyglac
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"whale-road" is an example of..
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Kenning
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the remaining warrior at the end of the poem
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Wyglaf
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grendel is a descendent of
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Cain
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the center of Anglo Saxon life for the warriors
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meadhall
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the Pagan belief of fate
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Wyrd
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main warrior of the Geats
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Beowulf
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the sword Beowulf used to fight the fire dragon
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Nagling
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those who assist Hrothgars kingdom
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Geats
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Beowulfs sword
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Nagling
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chain-like armor
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chain-mail
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type of writing Hrothgar saw on the sword
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Runes
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a natural pause in Anglo Saxon Poetry
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Caesura
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He wrote Beowulf
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anonymous
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the person who recited the story for the king
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SCOP
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which group was already in England when the first European arrived..
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Celts
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Hrothgar belonged to this tribe
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Danes
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King of the Danes
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Hrothgar
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