Wyrd – fate
Comitatus – the bond existing between a warrior and his lord
Thane – a warrior for the king who has been gifted a piece of land
Wergild – the “man-price”
Kenning – a two-word compound; a metaphorical circumlocution (an ambiguous or round-about way of saying something). [“whale-road,” “word-hoard,” “battle-sweat”]
Epithet – a phrase attached to or replacing a proper noun. Wulfgar says to
Beowulf, “I will take this message, in accordance with your wish, to our
noble king, our dear lord, friend of the Danes, the giver of rings.”
Heroic Elegiac - Tolkien's classification of Beowulf. "Heroic" because it details heroic deeds; "Elegiac" because, like an elegy, it is a mornful tribute to things past.
Pantheism - God is in everything; everything is God.
Anachronistic -- occuring outside of its time (the microwave was anachronistic in the civil war movie.)
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