Beowulf crossword puzzle
Across
- 4. blacksmith from Germanic folklore
- 6. son of Hrothgar
- 10. patterns of plot and theme that recur in literature of different cultures
- 13. language used by Anglo-Saxons up until about 1150 A.D.
- 14. when stories and poems are passed along by word of mouth
- 15. making twisting or turning motions
- 16. King of the Geats
- 21. a Geat from a region that is today southern Sweden
- 22. a line of a verse that's divided in half by a pause
- 23. Hrothgar's mead hall
- 25. father of Beowulf
- 27. a long narrative poem
- 28. descendant of people who migrated from northern Germany to settle in England
- 29. brother of Cain
- 30. to fill by eating greedily
- 32. disgusting; detestable
- 34. very sturdy type of wood
- 36. a hall where mead was served
- 37. a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning
Down
- 1. Unferth's sword that he gave to Beowulf
- 2. pursued stealthily; hunted
- 3. suffix meaning "causing" or "tending to"
- 4. Wexstan's son; a loyal soldier to Beowulf
- 5. Danish warrior who questioned Beowulf's bravery
- 7. patterns in literature found around the world
- 8. the arrangement of words
- 9. men who follow Higlac
- 11. traveling minstrels that captivated audiences with long narrative poems
- 12. reference to God
- 17. placement of two elements
- 18. horrible; ghastly
- 19. last name of the translator of Beowulf
- 20. the monster that first ravaged Herot
- 24. a legendary, larger-than-life character
- 26. oldest son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother
- 28. the repetition of initial consonant sounds
- 31. "shadow of death," "mankind's enemy," "Geats' ring-giver"
- 33. the linkage of a single subject with two or more verbs
- 34. den; hiding place
- 35. flexible body armor made of metal