The answer would be attack, but it should be changed to "attacks" or "attacked" for the sentence to make sense. Hope that helps! :)
To analyze a piece of fiction, it means to organize or sort it. So to analyze it, you must seek out the information you need, and use it. For example "Bob and his dragon Steve had a nice breakfeast of bacon and pancakes. Steve burped loudly after." you only need the fact that Steve and Bob had pancakes and bacon.
Im not writing the whole thing though.
The answer is pagan tradition, anglo-saxons were mostly of Scottish tradition, and also of pagan, viking beliefs..
I think the proverb means that. You need to take classes in architect ( or some education ) to learn how to build houses and by understanding if it's firm on a base. By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasent riches. Like a designer, you need to know about design. The proverb is basically about how you need knowledge to do both of these things.
