Beowulf Vocabulary

A superior skill learned by study and practice.

Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.

A survey or review of a past course of events or period time.

The literal/primary meaning of a word, rather than the feeling or idea that the word suggests

Treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

To renounce one’s throne; fail to fulfill or undertake.

When a noun is renamed in a creative way using a combination of two wrong words to merge ideas.

An old imaginative pattern that appears in literature of different cultures and time periods

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.