The origins of English Literature

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  1. 2. the northern, central and eastern parts of Anglo-Saxon England in which Danish law and custom were observed
  2. 4. Queen of ancient Britain who led a temporarily successful revolt against the Roman army that had claimed her deceased husband's kingdom.
  3. 5. a monster killed by Beowulf
  4. 8. king of Wessex (871--99) and overlord of England, who defeated the Danes and encouraged learning and writing in English
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  1. 1. A figurative, usually compound expression used in place of a name or noun, especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
  2. 3. the saint who spreard for the second time cristianity in England
  3. 6. A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers.
  4. 7. people dominating western and central Europe from the Bronze Age to the middle of the first century BC.