Glosses

  • Wyrd:this refers to fate.This concept was used in the Anglo-Saxon world where it meant that the person is doomed and can influence fate's outcome only through courage.
  • Monsters
    troll - Grendel and Grendel's mother the paper by Dariya Bidnyk
    worm: this term was used to refer to a dragon in Beowulf
  • Last Survivor: He is the last warrior of the great tribe who gives a speech similar to the ubi sunt passage in "The Wanderer"
  • Ubi Sunt: in literal translation means "Where have they gone?" This is the famous speech in "The Wanderer."


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