CLT final exam
Anglo-Saxon - correct answer ✔A Germanic people (like the Norse) who
lived in the northern part of modern day England. Worshipped many 'pagan'
gods and heroes
old english - correct answer ✔language of the Anglo-Saxons used in Beowulf
but it was set during the world of the anglo-saxons
England - correct answer ✔christianity began here around 600
this place was Christian in Beolwulf
Scandinavia - correct answer ✔beowulf is set here-- world of Norse
Ecgtheow - correct answer ✔Beowulf's father-- a geat
pagan - correct answer ✔Beowulf written with virtue of these heroes
Beowulf - correct answer ✔Son of Edgetho, Higlac's nephew and follower,
later king of Geats in Beowulf
Geat - correct answer ✔Beowulf's nationality in Beowulf
Hygelac - correct answer ✔Beowulf's uncle, king of the Geats in Beowulf
Hrothgar - correct answer ✔King of the Danes in Beowulf
,danes - correct answer ✔Hrothgar's people; also known as shieldings
because of a famous ancestor in Beowulf
Heorot - correct answer ✔Hrothgar's stronghold/ hall; means deer bc that is
Hrothgar's stronghold in Beowulf
Unferth - correct answer ✔adviser to Hrothgar in Beowulf
Grendel - correct answer ✔demon descended from Cain, terrorizes Herot-
comes to kill a man every night at the feast; killed by Beowulf with no
weapons
Grendel's mother - correct answer ✔a dragon monster who lives in a cave;
attacks and kills a dane; retrieves Grendel's arm-- is beheaded by Beowulf
wiglaf - correct answer ✔relative and follower of Beowulf; second self who
helps defeat dragon
dragon - correct answer ✔monster who sleeps on a mound of treasure;
runaway slave tries to steal and wakes them up- attacks geats until Beowulf
battles him
Breca - correct answer ✔Beowulf's childhood friend; they have a swimming
match until 9 sea monsters dragged him down and he had to kill them
Hrunting - correct answer ✔Beowulf's sword that he gets for killing Grendel-
use to kill Grendel's mother
, Lof - correct answer ✔what people say about you after you die based on
how you lived-- immortality through word in Beowulf
lof-geornost - correct answer ✔The last word in the poem Beowulf. In Old
English means 'most yearnful for glory', which in the poem was Beowulf
Norse - correct answer ✔Vikings, a warrior culture from Scandinavia in
Norse creation
Scandinavia - correct answer ✔5 countries: norway, sweden, denmark,
iceland, and finland
prose Edda - correct answer ✔worked by Snorri Sturluson= iceland author in
Norse creation
Snorri Sturlson - correct answer ✔Author of the Prose Edda in norse creation
Gylfaginning - correct answer ✔- Deluding of Gylfi
section of Prose Edda from Norse mythology.
- deals with the creation and destruction of the world of the Norse gods, and
many other aspects of Norse mythology..
Gylfi - correct answer ✔Swedish king. Disguises himself as Gangleri which
means "strider" in Norse creation
Gangleri - correct answer ✔name of the man who Gylfi disguises himself as:
disguises himself as an old man named_______________ (which means
"strider") in norse creation
Anglo-Saxon - correct answer ✔A Germanic people (like the Norse) who
lived in the northern part of modern day England. Worshipped many 'pagan'
gods and heroes
old english - correct answer ✔language of the Anglo-Saxons used in Beowulf
but it was set during the world of the anglo-saxons
England - correct answer ✔christianity began here around 600
this place was Christian in Beolwulf
Scandinavia - correct answer ✔beowulf is set here-- world of Norse
Ecgtheow - correct answer ✔Beowulf's father-- a geat
pagan - correct answer ✔Beowulf written with virtue of these heroes
Beowulf - correct answer ✔Son of Edgetho, Higlac's nephew and follower,
later king of Geats in Beowulf
Geat - correct answer ✔Beowulf's nationality in Beowulf
Hygelac - correct answer ✔Beowulf's uncle, king of the Geats in Beowulf
Hrothgar - correct answer ✔King of the Danes in Beowulf
,danes - correct answer ✔Hrothgar's people; also known as shieldings
because of a famous ancestor in Beowulf
Heorot - correct answer ✔Hrothgar's stronghold/ hall; means deer bc that is
Hrothgar's stronghold in Beowulf
Unferth - correct answer ✔adviser to Hrothgar in Beowulf
Grendel - correct answer ✔demon descended from Cain, terrorizes Herot-
comes to kill a man every night at the feast; killed by Beowulf with no
weapons
Grendel's mother - correct answer ✔a dragon monster who lives in a cave;
attacks and kills a dane; retrieves Grendel's arm-- is beheaded by Beowulf
wiglaf - correct answer ✔relative and follower of Beowulf; second self who
helps defeat dragon
dragon - correct answer ✔monster who sleeps on a mound of treasure;
runaway slave tries to steal and wakes them up- attacks geats until Beowulf
battles him
Breca - correct answer ✔Beowulf's childhood friend; they have a swimming
match until 9 sea monsters dragged him down and he had to kill them
Hrunting - correct answer ✔Beowulf's sword that he gets for killing Grendel-
use to kill Grendel's mother
, Lof - correct answer ✔what people say about you after you die based on
how you lived-- immortality through word in Beowulf
lof-geornost - correct answer ✔The last word in the poem Beowulf. In Old
English means 'most yearnful for glory', which in the poem was Beowulf
Norse - correct answer ✔Vikings, a warrior culture from Scandinavia in
Norse creation
Scandinavia - correct answer ✔5 countries: norway, sweden, denmark,
iceland, and finland
prose Edda - correct answer ✔worked by Snorri Sturluson= iceland author in
Norse creation
Snorri Sturlson - correct answer ✔Author of the Prose Edda in norse creation
Gylfaginning - correct answer ✔- Deluding of Gylfi
section of Prose Edda from Norse mythology.
- deals with the creation and destruction of the world of the Norse gods, and
many other aspects of Norse mythology..
Gylfi - correct answer ✔Swedish king. Disguises himself as Gangleri which
means "strider" in Norse creation
Gangleri - correct answer ✔name of the man who Gylfi disguises himself as:
disguises himself as an old man named_______________ (which means
"strider") in norse creation
