Beowulf Vocabulary

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KENNINGS
Stone Cliffs= Masonry Wall
Light of Battle= Sword
Bone Cage= Ribs
Battle Sweat= Blood
(n.) poetic phrases consisting of compound metaphors
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SCOP
Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum...
(n.) an Anglo-Saxon oral poet, who tells the stories
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MEAD HALL
(n.) a large building with a single room constructed for lords to hold feasts in