What does the name "Beowulf" mean in Anglo-Saxon when we look at the roots Beo and Wulf?
How is the Anglo-Saxon idea of Wyrd different from or similar to the Greek idea of fate or moira?
What do we know about the probable religious background of the individual who copied down Beowulf, given the literacy-levels of England after the fall of Rome?
What does the word Heorot mean in Anglo-Saxon?
Which character in Beowulf is based on a real figure from medieval history?
Why does Grendel's mother only kill one individual in retaliation for her son's death?
How is the mere or lake an inversion of the mead-hall?
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ReplyDelete1.- Beowulf in Old English literally "bee wolf" i.e. "bee hunter", a kenning for "bear") in Anglo-Saxon literature.
ReplyDelete2.- Wyrd is an Old English noun, a feminine one, from the verb weorthan "to become". Wyrd is Fate or Destiny, but not the "inexorable fate" of the ancient Greeks. Wyrd is not an end-point, but something continually happening around us at all times. One of the phrases used to describe this difficult term is "that which happens".
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4.- It served as a palace for King Hroðgar, a legendary Danish king of the sixth century. Heorot means "Hall of the Hart" (male deer).
5.- in the king hrothgar. As Beowulf is essentially a record of heroic deeds, the concept of identity—of which the two principal components are ancestral heritage and individual reputation. Characters in the poem are unable to talk about their identity or even introduce themselves without referring to family lineage. Characters take pride in ancestors who have acted valiantly, and they attempt to live up to the same standards as those ancestors
6.- due to Beowulf fights with Grendel when the monster attacks the hall. He rips off Grendel's arm, and the monster flees, dying. Grendel's mother later attacks Hrothgar's men in retaliation for her son's death. Beowulf also fights Grendel's mother and kills her.
7.- Herot: The battle-hall built by the Danish King Hrothgar, to house his men, and show off his victories and fame.
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ReplyDelete1. What does the name "Beowulf" mean in Anglo-Saxon when we look at the roots Beo and Wulf? The European beewolf, also called the bee-eating philanthus, is a solitary wasp that lives in Europe and Northern Africa.
2. How is the Anglo-Saxon idea of Wyrd different from or similar to the Greek idea of fate or moira? It is kind of similar.
3. What do we know about the probable religious background of the individual who copied down Beowulf, given the literacy-levels of England after the fall of Rome? That in the fifth century happened a kind of revolution, because it was the Christian age, where some tribes as Anglos, jutos and sajones on one hand, and noruegos and daneses on the other, were settled in England.
4. What does the word Heorot mean in Anglo-Saxon? “El ciervo”
5. Which character in Beowulf is based on a real figure from medieval history? Beowulf as itself.
6. Why does Grendel's mother only kill one individual in retaliation for her son's death? Because he is the “responsible” at a point of his death.
7. How is the mere or lake an inversion of the mead-hall? All the richness that Hrothgar with his men got, it was on that room “the mead-hall”
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ReplyDeletePossibly means "bee wolf" (in effect equal to "bear") from Old English beo "bee" and wulf "wolf". This is the name of the main character in the anonymous 8th-century epic poem 'Beowulf'. The poem tells how Beowulf slays the monster Grendel and its mother, but goes on to tell how he is killed in his old age fighting a dragon.
*Heorot is a mead hall described in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf as "the foremost of halls under heaven.
*Beowulf fights with Grendel when the monster attacks the hall. He rips off Grendel's arm, and the monster flees, dying. Grendel's mother later attacks Hrothgar's men in retaliation for her son's death. Beowulf also fights Grendel's mother and kills her.
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It is from a king´s name and he become a king because of the anglo-saxon, they fought versus a dragon and with another monster, at the begining the people thought that he was an impostor but he demonstred he is the best person to be the king, but it happened because of the witch helped him.
ReplyDeleteThis is a mythical story and it shows us a religion based on some gods. heorot was an intelligent person.I think beowulf looks like hercules because both are strong and fight versus other monsters. Grendel´s mother wanted that it happened about the relationship of her son
1. What does the name "Beowulf" mean in Anglo-Saxon when we look at the roots Beo and Wulf?
ReplyDelete“beː” - “BEE” “o̯wʊlf” – “WOLF” Literally “BEE WOLF”
2. How is the Anglo-Saxon idea of Wyrd different from or similar to the Greek idea of fate or moira?
Wyrd is Fate or Destiny, but not the "inexorable fate" of the ancient Greeks. "A happening, event, or occurrence". In other words, Wyrd is not an end-point, but something continually happening around us at all times. One of the phrases used to describe this difficult term is "that which happens".
3.What do we know about the probable religious background of the individual who copied down Beowulf, given the literacy-levels of England after the fall of Rome?
We may say that Beowulf was composed somewhere in England between about 521 AD (the approximate date of the death of the historical model for the character Hygelac) and 1026 AD (more or less the latest possible date of the manuscript itself). We do not know for sure where in England the poem was composed. Nor do we know if the poem was composed by a single author, or whether it is the result of the merging together of ballads by different authors, nor whether the poem was significantly altered subsequent to its first written form. The poem's purpose is also unclear - arguments have been made for a naturalistic mythic allegory, a Christian allegory, a criticism of heroic culture, a mourning for the loss of heroic culture, a Germanic 'Old Testament', an allegory concerning contemporary politics in one or other of the Saxon kingdoms - just to mention a few. The title Beowulf itself is an editorial convenience -- the manuscript copy of the poem is untitled. We also know almost nothing about Beowulf's place in English literature in the Anglo-Saxon period - we do not know what popularity, if any, the poem enjoyed. Certainly, awareness of the poem seems to have disappeared entirely by the early Middle English period, and the poem does not re-enter the canon of English literature until the late 18th and early 19th centuries - which places Beowulf in an odd ancient/modern position within the history of English literature.
4 .What does the word Heorot mean in Anglo-Saxon?
Heorot is a mead hall described in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf as "the foremost of halls under heaven." It served as a palace for King Hroðgar, a legendary Danish king of the sixth century. Heorot means "Hall of the Hart" (male deer).The Geatish (Swedish) hero Beowulf defends the royal hall and its residents from the demonic Grendel.
Which character in Beowulf is based on a real figure from medieval history?
Hrothgar
5 .Which character in Beowulf is based on a real figure from medieval history?
Grendel
6. Why does Grendel's mother only kill one individual in retaliation for her son's death?
Beowulf fights with Grendel when the monster attacks the hall. He rips off Grendel's arm, and the monster flees, dying. Grendel's mother later attacks Hrothgar's men in retaliation for her son's death. Beowulf also fights Grendel's mother and kills her.
7.How is the mere or lake an inversion of the mead-hall?
Heorot, along with the unnamed mead-hall back in Geatland where King Hygelac holds sway, represents the brotherhood and unity of the warriors in the tribe. Each mead-hall becomes a symbol of power, a place for kings to display their gold, jewels, armor, wealth, and even their manpower – the number of "thanes," or followers, that they can boast. The mead-hall doubles as a location for feasts and as sleeping quarters for the warriors. Beowulf and his men go to Heorot first for a formal audience with Hrothgar, second for a feast and wild party, and third, at the end of the night, for a place to bed down with their armor and weapons right beside them, ready for action. Each mead-hall is a palace, a cafeteria, a bar, and a barracks all in one – a visible symbol of the intense life of formality, excess, and brutal warfare that medieval warriors led.
1.- Beowulf in Old English literally "bee wolf" i.e. "bee hunter", a kenning for "bear") in Anglo-Saxon literature.
ReplyDelete2.- The Anglo-Saxon noun wyrd is derived from a verb, weorþan, 'to become', which, in turn, is derived from an IndoEuropean root *uert- meaning 'to turn'. Wyrd literally means 'that which has turned' or 'that which has become'.
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4.- "the foremost of halls under heaven." It served as a palace for King Hroðgar, a legendary Danish king of the sixth century. Heorot means "Hall of the Hart"
5.- Beowulf
6.- Beowulf fights with Grendel when the monster attacks the hall. He rips off Grendel's arm, and the monster flees, dying. Grendel's mother later attacks Hrothgar's men in retaliation for her son's death. Beowulf also fights Grendel's mother and kills her.
7.- a mead-hall was usually a single room hall made especially for this purpose of merry-making for the king and his soldiers. However, Heorot was perceived as much more in Beowulf. it is suggested in the text that this hall was a place of greatness, and had multiple side rooms and a chamber where the king could sleep.
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