Section 1
Command, Time, and Concern
These first three words, all from Old English, deal with giving orders, timing, and talking about subjects. Get ready to sound like a character from a classic tale!
Key Words
| anent (prep.) | anon (adv.) | behest (n.) |
Grade 8 students in the Vocabulary for the College Bound Student textbook explore Lesson 3 of Chapter 7 by learning a set of miscellaneous Anglo-Saxon words, including terms such as anent, behest, beholden, behoove, wane, wax, warlock, and yclept. Students practice pronunciation, definitions, and usage through word completion, synonym-matching, and short composition exercises. The lesson builds familiarity with archaic and literary Anglo-Saxon vocabulary that frequently appears in classic and college-level texts.
Section 1
Command, Time, and Concern
These first three words, all from Old English, deal with giving orders, timing, and talking about subjects. Get ready to sound like a character from a classic tale!
| anent (prep.) | anon (adv.) | behest (n.) |
Section 2
Obligation and Timeliness
Next up are words that discuss what you should do, what you owe others, and when you should do it. They're all about responsibility and good timing.
| beholden (adj.) | behoove (v.) | betimes (adv.) |
Section 3
Nature, Magic, and Decline
This group takes us to the wild outdoors and the world of fantasy, covering everything from wastelands to wizards to the slow fading of light.
| heath (n.) | wane (v.) | warlock (n.) |
Section 4
Growth, Structure, and Addition
Let's explore words that build things up, whether it's the threads of a fabric, the size of the moon, or an extra thought in a sentence.
| warp (n.) | wax (v.) | withal (adv.) |
Section 5
Weaving and Naming
Our final pair of Anglo-Saxon words gives us one more term from weaving and a very old-fashioned way to say that something was named or called.
| woof (n.) | yclept (adj.) |
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Section 1
Command, Time, and Concern
These first three words, all from Old English, deal with giving orders, timing, and talking about subjects. Get ready to sound like a character from a classic tale!
| anent (prep.) | anon (adv.) | behest (n.) |
Section 2
Obligation and Timeliness
Next up are words that discuss what you should do, what you owe others, and when you should do it. They're all about responsibility and good timing.
| beholden (adj.) | behoove (v.) | betimes (adv.) |
Section 3
Nature, Magic, and Decline
This group takes us to the wild outdoors and the world of fantasy, covering everything from wastelands to wizards to the slow fading of light.
| heath (n.) | wane (v.) | warlock (n.) |
Section 4
Growth, Structure, and Addition
Let's explore words that build things up, whether it's the threads of a fabric, the size of the moon, or an extra thought in a sentence.
| warp (n.) | wax (v.) | withal (adv.) |
Section 5
Weaving and Naming
Our final pair of Anglo-Saxon words gives us one more term from weaving and a very old-fashioned way to say that something was named or called.
| woof (n.) | yclept (adj.) |
Book overview
Jump across lessons in the current chapter without opening the full course modal.
Continue this chapter