MST200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Breca The Bronding, Ongentheow, Ship Burial
7 Oct 2016
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Doe dictionary of old english, u of t 1970. Hapax legomena words that only occur once in surviving corpus. It"s better to get vengeance than to mourn, says beowulf, which is also was grendel"s mother does. Life is a prep for death, and warriors must win glory. Beowulf becomes king after a series of disasters of the geat line. Dragon guarding treasure, until a thief comes in and stealing a cup. When grendel attacked, hrothgar went and hid, slept in another hall. When the dragon attacks, beowulf becomes again a warrior, usually fights weaponless, but takes a special shield for the fire breath, and sword. Bring warriors, sword snaps, warriors leave, except for one. Wants to see the treasure before he dies. Destruction of king is the destruction of the geats. Dies as he lived, but his ppl will die with him. Heaven swallow the smoke of his funeral pyre, but his memorial remains part of the landscape.
