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?

a-powerful
b-thanes
c-roof
d-gleaming

The right answer is the B: Thanes. At the time of the Anglo-Saxons in England, there existed officials who administered a specific territory, were given grants of land by the king or by another sort of ruler and ranked socially above other people. They were known as thanes. In medieval Scotland, thanes were also given land and they belonged to the highest social rank. But, in the passage from Beowulf, the hero's "powerful thanes" were specifically noblemen that protected him.

Thanes.

Explanation:

i have no idea buudy for the points tho