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| In which book can you find this text? And when was it published? |
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| Folios 76 verso to 78 recto |
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| What else does this contain? |
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| Miscellaneous Old English verse |
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| In what dialect is it written? |
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West Saxon
(but has indications of of original different dialects i.e. "hwan" instead of "hwon" in l59 indicates Northumbrian) |
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| Describe the poem in 6 words/phrases |
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Dramatic monologue
Terse exhortation
Man 'in extremis'
Reflective
Elegaic
Stoic |
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| What does the Wanderer's philosophizing demonstrate? |
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| Its own impotence before the transience and sorrow of the world |
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| One of several great meditative poems |
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| Relates to which OE King? |
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| King Edwin and the Sparrow |
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| Superiority of Christianity over a noble but unavailing pagan alternative. |
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| How does the Wanderer's (supposed) monologue begin? |
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| Word signalising the conventionally bleak setting? |
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l8
"uhtna" - "period just before dawn", i.e. misery time |
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| What is a redundant poetic compound? |
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| Which easy-to-spot word indicates the gnomic form? |
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| biD - used to tell future or universal truths |
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| Quote in line 7 that shows problematic grammar? |
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| "winemAEga hryre" - their grammar doesn't match |
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| What do "ferDlocan" (l13) and "hordcofan" (l14) indicate? |
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| Idea of chest and locked i.e. a container of emotion, something hidden |
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| What word beginning with B has two meanings? |
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| blAEd (l33) - glory OR leaf (Spring/Summer connotations) |
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| Conventional phrase beginning with S? |
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| "sorg ond slAEp" (l39) - sorrow and sleep, no escape in sleep |
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| What does this sleep with one man awake thing signify? |
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| Which word beginning with G indicates a nebulous past time? |
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| "geardagum" (l44) - days gone by (opening of Beowulf) |
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| And which word beginning with G has a genitive but unusual ending which dates the MS? |
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| "giefstolas" (l44) - throne |
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Remembrance
Dream
Hallucination |
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| Problematic word beginning with F? |
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"fealwe" (l46) - can mean fallow or colour
Used for horses in Beowulf, waves here, and apples elsewhere (perhaps for alliterative purposes) |
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| Conventional phrase from Wulfstan |
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| "dreoseD ond fealleP" (l63) - declines and falls |
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| Conventional phrase from Guthlac a 66 and b 901 |
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| "dreame bidrorene" (l79) - deprived of joys |
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| Why is the phrase "AElda scyppend" ironic? |
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| Another ambiguous phrase? |
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| "wyrmlicum fah" (l98) - decorated with a serpentine pattern |
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| Special word beginning with E meaning city/dwelling place? |
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| "eardgeard" (l85) - only used elsewhere in 'Christ' to refer to Jerusalem. Is this significant or alliteration? |
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