Beowulf Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. purify, cleanse
  2. 7. making twisting or turning motions
  3. 9. Swedish warrior
  4. 12. important events that provide theme and backdrop
  5. 13. traveling minstrels
  6. 15. sadness and mourning
  7. 17. comfort, relief
  8. 18. mead hall
  9. 20. help from a god or supernatural force
  10. 25. larger than life character
  11. 27. king of the Geats, Beowulf's uncle and lord
  12. 28. Hrothgar's father
  13. 29. long, dangerous journey undertaken by the hero
Down
  1. 2. Danish warrior who doubts Beowulf
  2. 3. Danish king
  3. 4. Beowulf's father
  4. 5. stories about heroes passed from one generation to the next
  5. 6. disgusting
  6. 8. compensation for a wrong
  7. 10. long narrative poem that recounts adventures of a hero
  8. 11. reflect values of hero's culture
  9. 14. warrior who stayed with Beowulf
  10. 16. certain shared literary or formal characteristics
  11. 18. Beowulf's sword
  12. 19. written by authors, drawing on style of the folk epic
  13. 21. central character
  14. 22. actions demonstrating hero's courage
  15. 23. Latin for "in the middle of things"
  16. 24. big and solid, bulky
  17. 26. father of Wiglaf