English Beowulf 0-300

To hoard

To collect or hideaway a supply of something

Foundling

An infant found after being abandoned by its parents

To mangle

To severely damage or disfigured something

Legion

A large group

To swaddle

To wrap someone, especially an infant

To merge

To unite or combine into a single entity

To bore

To make a hole in something

Hoard

A hidden supply or accumulation or something valuable

Shroud

A cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial

Weft

The threads that run across the fabric, over and under the wrap in weaving

To espouse

To support or adopt a cause, belief, or way of life

Mead-hall

A large hall where warriors and the community gathered for meals, drinking mead, and festivites

Gable

The triangular section of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof

To fete

To honor or entertain lavishly

Recrudesce

To appear again after dormancy

Raucous

Loud and harsh sounding

Scop

An old English bard or poet

To carouse

To drink excessively and engage in lively, noisy festivities

Replete

Filled or well supplied with something

Mere

An expanse of standing water

Fen

Low, marshy land covered wholly or partially with water

Fastness

A secure or fortified place

To hie

To hasten

To bludgeon

To hit or strike with a heavy object

Ingress

The act of entering; an entrance

Feud

A long standing conflict

To brook

To tolerate or allow

To desist

To cease

Wizened

Shriveled or wrinkled with age

Vizer

A high ranking political or religious official

Moors

Open, uncultivated land

Marauder

One who raids or plunders

Pithy

Concise and forcefully expressive

Harrowing

Extremely distressing

To auger

To predict a future outcome

Innate

Existing from birth