Question

Read the passage from Beowulf.

The hero arose, surrounded closely
by his powerful thanes. A party remained
under orders to keep watch on the arms;
the rest proceeded, led by their prince
under Heorot’s roof.
And standing on the hearth
in webbed links that the smith had woven,
the fine-forged mesh of his gleaming mail-shirt,
resolute in his helmet, Beowulf spoke:

Which word from the passage is a feature of Anglo-Saxon culture?

powerful
thanes
roof
gleaming

Answer 1

The answer is B, Thanes.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) Thanes.

The word from the passage that is a feature of Anglo-Saxon culture is thanes.

In Anglo-Saxon Britain, a thane is a noun. It meant a man that hold portions of land that belonged to the monarchy. Many times the thane was a distinctive military man that received theses portions of land in exchange for its services to the king.