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32 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Beowulf
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hero
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grendel
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first monster
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grendel's mother
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2nd monster
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hrothgar
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king
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herot
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king's castle
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where grendel lived
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denmark
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where beowulf lived
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sweden
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hrunting
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unferths sword
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eagleness
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where the dragon & gold were
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linden
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soft wood
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faggot
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bundle of sticks
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barrow
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mound of dirt or stones on top of a grave
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naegling
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beowulfs sword
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wiglaf
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became king after beowulf
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wanderer
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a man with a gleaming eye who tells a story to the geats
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wealtheow
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hrothgar's wife
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leofrik
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grendel's appetizer (eaten)
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"whale road"
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the ocean or the sea
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"springheeled"
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running without heels on the ground
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"the great sea-bird rode over the breakers"
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meaning the boat riding over the waves
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"popycock hero"
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fake hero
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who says "popycock hero"
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unferth, when beowulf arrives, putting him down
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"popycock hero" is said to who
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beowulf
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who says "twelve winters without hope" a lot
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wealhtheow
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"twelve winters without hope"
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twelve long years of misery because of grendal destroying denmark
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"whaleness" refers to
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beowulf was burried
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"heaven wheeped" literal meaning
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its raining
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"The beginning might not be the end"
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this is said after grendal comes the first time hw ill be back
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describe herot hall
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beautiful drinking hall with jewel encrusted halls
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"Twelve winters of grief"
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queen wealtheow says this all the time it means 12 years of grendel coming and destroying herot hall
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"his misery leaped the seas"
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this is talking about hrothgar how word got out about grendel
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"hell-forged hands"
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his hands are filthy the nails are long and hard basically look like hands from hell
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