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The hero of an epic poem
Who is Beowulf?
Monster supposedly descended from Cain
Who is Grendel?
What is the sea?
A fermented drink made with honey
What is mead?
An important translator of Beowulf
Who is JRR Tolkien?
A thane who was jealous of Beowulf
Who is Unferth?
Grendel ate 30 of these at one sitting
What is a thane?
world-candle
What is the sun?
One who pledged loyalty to a knight or a king
What is a thane?
The oldest English story that has survived the ages
What is Beowulf?
This king was the grandson of Beow
Who is Hrothgar?
An epithet for God
Who is a Wielder of Wonder?
bone-house
What is a body?
Mid-earth represents this in LOTR
What is middle-earth?
The language Beowulf was written in
What is Germanic?
An Anglo-Saxon Nobleman is called this
Who is an atheling?
This man was killed by the Danes
Who is Froda?
swimming-timber
What is a ship?
Welkin is a word for this
What is the sky or firmament?
Beowulf refers to the history of people from a certain part of a particular country
What is Southern Sweden?
Beowulf repeatedly attacked the Danes for this many years
What is 12?
This name means one who grinds and crushes
Who is Grendel?
flier-afar
This word means "the hart" or "the stag"
What is Herot?
The people from Beowulf's country of origin are referred to as this
What is a Geat?