Beowulf
The Wife's Lament
The Seafarer
The Husband's Message
Riddles
100
The monster whom Beowulf killed.
Who is Grendel?
100
They loved each other and were happy.
What is their marriage like before?
100
Another name for the term seafarer.
What is a sailor?
100
The spouse that was exiled.
What is the husband?
100
I am all on my own, Wounded by iron weapons and scarred by swords. I often see battle.
What is a shield?
200
The amount of time Grendel prevented the men to sleep in Heorot.
What is 12 years?
200
The thing she lacked where she lived.
What is friends and family?
200
The cold of the sea.
What is the parallel to the warmth of home?
200
The type of transportation needed to get to the husband.
What is a ship?
200
Often I burn Countless living creatures on middle-earth, Treat them to terror though I touch them not.
What is the sun?
300
The type of building built in Beowulf's memory.
What is a lighthouse?
300
The job of the husband.
What is a fisherman?
300
The place he doesn't like but always returns.
What is the sea?
300
The thing the Husband's message was delivered on.
What is a piece of wood?
300
The midnight guardian of my lord's treasure When the conquering warrior comes to hold The gift of slaughter, the joy of gold.
What is a key?
400
The location of Heorot.
What is Gaetland?
400
The people who influenced their division.
What is his kinsman?
400
The main benefit a hero hopes to achieve.
What is a lasting reputation?
400
His exile was a result of this.
What is a family feud?
400
When I am alive I do not speak. Anyone who wants to, takes me captive and cuts off my head. They bite my bare body. I do no harm to anyone unless they cut me first. Then I soon make them cry.
What is an onion?
500
The successor of Beowulf.
Who is Wiglaf?
500
The place the exiled wife was banished.
What is the forest?
500
The thing the seafarer is searching for.
What is a home?
500
The amount of letters with unknown meaning behind them.
What is 6?
500
Sometimes men kiss (me); Sometimes I summon to battle with my sound The beloved companions; Sometimes the horse carries me over the ground; Sometimes some maiden fills my bosom ring-adorned; Sometimes I must lie on tables.
What is a horn?