Beowulf

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Across
  1. 2. a sinner that murdered his brother Abel out of jealousy
  2. 5. significant number, amount of tribes, apostles, and gates in Christianity
  3. 8. used as a general term for a relative
  4. 9. what did Beowulf travel on to get to Hrothgar
  5. 10. to have pursued stealthy to have hunted
  6. 12. where did Beowulf take place
  7. 16. the number of men Beowulf brought to fight Grendel
  8. 17. disgusting, detestable
  9. 19. to fill by eating greedily
  10. 21. Unferth's ancestral sword
  11. 23. body part Beowulf rips off of Grendel's body
  12. 24. flexible body armor made of metal
  13. 27. how Beowulf kills Grendel's mother
  14. 29. the monster that ravages Hrothgar's hall
  15. 31. the placement of two elements, typically nouns or noun phrases side by side so that the second identifies, clarifies, or elaborates on the first
  16. 32. a word or phrase that is a metaphor for something simpler
  17. 34. item that fails Beowulf in his first battle
  18. 35. the former King of the Geats and Beowulf's feudal lord and uncle
  19. 36. hero of the Geats
  20. 38. what Grendel's mother takes off of Beowulf
Down
  1. 1. reference to God/Jesus Chris, and alludes to a combination of Norse and Christ ideologies
  2. 3. the armor that Beowulf wears
  3. 4. a feasting place
  4. 6. blacksmith from Germanic folklore
  5. 7. the linkage of a single subject with two or more verbs, either to add dimention to the first verb or to establish a clear sequence of actions or events
  6. 10. Grendel's mother has this ability in the movie
  7. 11. a slight pause that divides each line verse in half
  8. 13. what Grendel and his mother are
  9. 14. anglo-saxon suffix that means "causing," "tending to," or "to a considerable degree" and forms adjectives from nouns, verbs, and other adjectives
  10. 15. the repetition of initial consonant sounds
  11. 18. Healfdane's son
  12. 20. the creatve that killed Beowulf at the end of the story
  13. 22. den;living or hiding place.
  14. 25. very sturdy type of wood
  15. 26. Hrother's hall, Hall of the hart
  16. 28. structure built in Beowulfs honor
  17. 30. material on Herots roof
  18. 32. activity Grendel loves to do
  19. 33. horrible, ghastly
  20. 37. squirming; twisting