Very big Like fire

“these were immense flashes of lightening, and fiery

dragons were seen flying in the air. A great famine Where many people are
Hungry and need food.
immediately followed these signs…” And then… “on the
sixth day before the ides of January, the woeful inroads
of heathen men destroyed god’s church in Lindisfarne means very upsetting

island by fierce robbery and slaughter”. Like an invasion

Non-believers Scary, or frightening. Kill many
Not clean, or pure The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Place
Sad or upsetting Stealing Past tense of the verb lay. Here is means
Like a church or temple left behind.
Set apart from ‘…They came to the church of Lindisfarne, laid
daily life.
everything waste with grievous plundering, trampled Step on, injure, or the hurt or bruise
the holy places with polluted steps, dug up the altars
To grab or to Places where people pray and sacrifice
take hold of and seized all the treasures of the holy church. They
killed some of the brothers, took some away with them
Candle sticks,
in fetters, many they drove out, naked and loaded with
gold plates, insults, some they drowned in the sea…’
golden cups
Put upon, stack up.
Like handcuffs around Simeon of Durham (AD1060 – AD1129)
your ankles and wrists.
Saying terrible things about someone. To die because water fills your lungs