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The Anglo-Saxons
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When the Romans left Britain in 410 A.D., a new group of people came in ships across the North Sea.
These people were the Anglo-Saxons, and they were a mixture of people from north Germany, Denmark and northern Holland.
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Farmers, sailors, iron smiths, woodworkers
Lived in villages
Houses built from wood
Clothes made from woolen cloth or animal skins
Men: tunics with tight trousers or leggingsWomen: long dresses
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Gatherings and feasts took place in great halls
Loved tales about brave warriors
Music often played to accompany stories and poems (harp or lyre)
Enjoyed riddles for entertainment
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Anglo-Saxons at War
Armies usually small, with only a few hundred men
Soldiers had spears, axes, swords and bows and arrows
Helmets and wooden shields
Fought on foot during a battle
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Religion
Anglo-Saxons arrived in Britain as Pagans, but gradually converted to Christianity.
Paganism: represents a wide variety of traditions that emphasize reverence for nature and a revival of ancient polytheistic and animistic religious practices.
Polytheism: the belief in or worship of more than one god.
Animism: the belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena
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Kennings
Literary devices in which a poetic phrase substitutes for a noun
Provides powerful imagery that helps the audience focus on the words of the scop, or poet telling the story
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Alacrity (noun)
speed or quickness; eagerness
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Antithesis (noun)
the direct or exact opposite
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Arbitrate (verb)
to judge or decide in the matter so as to reconcile
differences
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Baleful (adj.)
portending evil; ominous
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Cache (noun)
a hiding place used especially for storing
provisions
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Caroused (verb)
to engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
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Contrived (adj.)
obviously planned or calculated; not
spontaneous or natural
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Deluge (noun)
something that overwhelms as if by a
great flood
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Ethos (noun)
the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
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Extol (verb)
to praise highly or exalt
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Exultant (adj.)
marked by great joy or jubilation; triumphant
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Fissure (noun)
a long narrow opening; a crack or cleft
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Glutton (noun)
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to
excess
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Inexorable (adj.)
not capable of being persuaded by entreaty;
relentless
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Keel (noun)
the principle structural member of a ship, running
lengthwise down the center from bow to stern
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Pinioned (verb)
to restrain or immobilize by binding the arms
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Quell (verb)
to put down forcible; suppress
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Reticence (noun)
the state or quality of being reluctant;
unwillingness
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Solace (noun)
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress;
consolation
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Stalwart (adj.)
having or marked by imposing physical
strength
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Unavailing (adj.)
ineffectual or useless; futile
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Vernacular (noun)
the standard native language of a country or
locality