Part 1 Study Guide Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. — Old English letter (Þ/þ) representing the "th" sound.
  2. 7. — Old English letter (Ƿ/ƿ) representing the "w" sound.
  3. 8. — The geographic setting of the Beowulf story (home of Geats and Danes).
  4. 9. Woman — The magical figure who tests the knight and later becomes his wife after teaching him a lesson.
  5. 11. English — The stage of English (12th–15th centuries) in which Chaucer wrote.
  6. 13. — Old English letter (Ð/ð) representing the voiced "th" sound.
  7. 16. — The study of ancient handwriting and scripts.
  8. 17. — A heroic epic poem set in 6th-century Scandinavia and preserved in Old English.
  9. 21. — The monk who began converting Anglo‑Saxons to Christianity in 597 CE.
  10. 22. — The theme of the Wife of Bath’s Tale: a wife’s authority and control in marriage.
  11. 25. — The communal hall where the king and thanes feasted, met, and slept.
  12. 26. — A bond between a king and his thanes based on mutual loyalty and reward.
  13. 27. narrative — A story structure that contains a larger collection of linked tales told by different characters.
  14. 28. — A religious journey taken by the Canterbury Tales’ characters to Canterbury Cathedral.
  15. 29. — Family relationships and lineage traced through male ancestors.
Down
  1. 1. — The Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet named for its first letters.
  2. 2. Hoo — Archaeological site where a major Anglo‑Saxon ship burial was found.
  3. 3. — Monetary compensation paid to a victim’s family for murder or injury.
  4. 4. — A character from the Germanic runic alphabets (fuþorc).
  5. 6. — The young man in the Wife of Bath’s Tale whose crime leads to a death sentence and quest for redemption.
  6. 7. of Bath — A worldly, experienced pilgrim who tells a tale about sovereignty in marriage.
  7. 8. — An Anglo-Saxon oral poet who preserved history and entertained the tribe.
  8. 10. — Area of England under Viking/Danish control during the 9th–10th centuries.
  9. 12. — The introductory section of The Canterbury Tales that presents the pilgrims and their stories.
  10. 14. — A formal warrior speech declaring past deeds and promising future feats.
  11. 15. — Anglo-Saxon concept of fate or destiny (modern “weird”).
  12. 18. — Strong social bonds among members of a household or warband.
  13. 19. — A noble warrior who served a king in exchange for land and gifts.
  14. 20. — A rhetorical understatement that uses negation to affirm (e.g., “not bad”).
  15. 21. — A Germanic people who settled in Britain between 410–1066 CE.
  16. 23. narrator — The storyteller within the frame (e.g., Chaucer as narrator arranging pilgrims and their tales).
  17. 24. Chaucer — The 14th-century English poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales.