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Published on Dec 20, 2015

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BEOWULF VOCABULARY

Sprawled
to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner:
We saw the creature sprawled out.

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Triumph

victory; conquest:
We celebrated our triumph.

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Shrouds

cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial:
They wrapped our loved one in shrouds.

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Moors

a tract of land preserved for game:
Hunters sometimes hunt on moors.

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Grating

a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material.:
We put up a grating so nothing could get in.

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Talons

claws of a bird of prey:
The bird released its' talons as we ran away.

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Stag

an adult male deer.:
Men like to hunt stags.

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Bitter

having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.:
The lemon pie I had was bitter.

Unsheathed

to draw from a sheath, as a sword, knife, or the like.:
I unsheathed my sword as I ran into battle.

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Sought

simple past tense and past participle of seek.
I sought out for food

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Fret
to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like:
Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.

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Affliction

a state of pain, distress, or grief; misery
My friend is in an affliction because he tore a muscle in football.

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Brood

a number of young produced or hatched at one time.
The chicken hatched a brood of chicks.

Lament

to feel sorrow for:
I lament for my friend.

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Savage

fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed:
The warriors tried to stop the savage beasts

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