Beowulf Crossword
Across
- 2. place where Grendel and his mother dwelled
- 7. Beowulf's home
- 8. only part of Grendel left at Herot after the fight with Beowulf
- 11. translator of beowulf
- 15. beowulf's lord and uncle
- 17. they rode around Beowulf's grave
- 18. large parties that celebrate battle victories
- 20. the monster that lives in the swamp
- 22. compensation for a wrong
- 25. the only loyal warrior who helped beowulf defeat the dragon
- 27. making twisting or turning motions
- 28. comfort; relief
- 29. what hrothgar cautions beowulf against
- 30. this was built in memory of beowulf
Down
- 1. Hrothgar's meadhall
- 3. protective chains worn by Beowulf
- 4. purify; cleanse
- 5. Hrothgar's father
- 6. big and solid; bulky
- 9. most prized person in Anglo-Saxon society
- 10. a long and dangerous journey or mission undertaken by the epic hero
- 12. it was guarded by the dragon
- 13. beowulf's sword
- 14. epic hero in the story
- 16. word that means disgusting
- 19. danish king
- 21. beowulf's father
- 23. traveling minstrels
- 24. Beowulf's heathen origins
- 26. the number of years that Grendel was terrorizing the Danes