amasses
hoards, gathers
arduous
difficult to accomplish, hard
briars
plants with very thorny and prickly stems, usually in a mass
brooded
thought or pondered about gloomily
clamor
loud unceasing noise
clods
lumps of earth
corselet
a piece of armor that covers one's midsection
curlew
a brown migratory bird related to the snipe
fathom
conceive of
fettered
held in chains or restraints
gannet
a large, fish-eating seabird
harbinger
something that foreshadows or predicts what is to come
hoar-frost
frost, as on a field
hubbub
confusion, turmoil, loud noise
mortar
a building material that hardens and is used in building
scop
an Old English wandering poet
sinew
tendon used as a cord or thread
strew
to cover by scattering something
succombed
fell prey to
supple
pliant and bendable
sway
power (to "hold sway")
tempests
violent storms
venting
discharging, ridding of
