BEOWULF VOCAB

SPAWN

• release or deposit eggs
• The therapist hoped to spawn the stress of the boy.

CLUTCH

• grasp or sieze
• The scary movie made her clutch her blanket.

SAVAGE

• fierce, violent
• The savage killed everyone and won the battle.

SIMMERED

• Being in a state of supressed anger
• or excitement
• My mom simmered when I didn't clean my room.

UNENDING

• having or seeming to have no end
• The journey we take with god will be unending.

SPURRING

• urge forward by digging one's spurs into its sides
• Spurring the horse will get it to go faster.

FRET

• Be constantly or visibly worried
• Anxious
• High school students often tend to fret of SAT tests.

BEARING

• A persons way of standing or moving
• Relation, relevance
• The three kinga came bearing gifts.

RECEPTION

• the action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted.
• The reception of all the gifts sent to the couple made them feel grateful.

SINEWS

• a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone
• a tendon or ligament
• When you pull a sinew in your hand it causes pain.

AFFLICTION

• Something that causes pain or suffering
• The love affliction between the couple caused them to break up.

ANCESTRAL

• of, belonging to, inherited from, or denoting an ancestor or ancestors
• The familys ancestral recipes are kept secret.

BEWICTHED

• Enchant or delight someone
• The girls were bewicthed by all the nice compliments.

HEAVING

• Extremly crowded
• The heaving city of New York is a commonly visited city.

COIL

• Arrange or wind
• Move or twist into a coil
• When people tickle me I tend to coil away.