Beowulf (Heaney) Unit 3

Assert

Assert

declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Baleful

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Bane

something causing misery or death

Brook

Put up with someone or something unpleasant.

Exploit

use or manipulate to one's advantage

Hirple

To walk with a limp.

Keen

intense or sharp; express grief verbally

Manacle

(v) confine or restrain with or as if with handcuffs; (n) hundcuffs

Marvel

be amazed at

Mizzle

To rain in very fine drops.

Onslaught

An attack against an enemy

Pinion

bind the arms of or wings of

Quail

draw back, as with fear or pain

Recoil

spring back; spring away from an impact

Solace

comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable

Spurn

reject with contempt

Stalwart

possessing or displaying courage

Unremitting

uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Wane

a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

Whet

sharpen by rubbing