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22 Cards in this Set
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Runes |
Old English |
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Scop |
Oral Historian |
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Thames |
Warriors |
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Mead Ball |
Setting of the battle of Grendle |
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Eols |
Aristocracy |
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Ceorls |
Commoners/slaves |
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Comitatus |
Loyalty/ death for a leader |
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Wryd |
Fate;Destiny |
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Wergild |
Price of a persons life; rank |
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Woden |
God of war (Oden) |
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Lof |
Payment of goods for death |
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Winanagemot |
Kings Advisers |
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Afred |
British King; contributed a lot to the Old English language |
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicles |
1st historic accounts of that time |
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Beowulf |
Bear |
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Exeter Book |
Largest collection of literature; in Dublin, Ireland |
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Hadrien's Wall |
Left behind by the Romans; protection from the scots |
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Kennings |
2 word compound used for poetry |
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Thor |
God of thunder |
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Frey's |
Goddess of fertility |
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Plainsong |
Body of chants in the Catholic church |
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In Medias Res |
beginning of a story; in the midst of |
