Beowulf Sections 1-9 (up through the battle with Grendel)

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Across
  1. 2. The country of the hall that is under attack (the main tribe in the poem of this country is called the Scyldings).
  2. 6. The gap in the middle of a line of Anglo-Saxon verse.
  3. 7. A term used for when one person kills another, and then owes the victim's family a fine. The cost of the fine is determined by the person's station in their community. (The term is hyphenated, but don't include the hyphen here.)
  4. 9. A figure from the Old Testament who committed the first murder, and thus was exiled from the Garden of Eden to wander the earth. This figure is linked to the monster.
  5. 11. A vice; rash or irrational actions based on injustice, either real or perceived.
  6. 12. Challenges the hero, arguing he won't be able to overcome the monster (hint: he sits at the base of the throne).
  7. 17. A vice; needlessly putting one's self in harm's way for the sake of glory.
  8. 18. A soldier pledged to a good leader, even if it means death.
  9. 20. An abstract phrase that offers some kind of understanding or wisdom about an unknown future.
  10. 21. The way of things, or destiny, which is beyond human control; the modern English word "weird" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for this term, "wyrd" (Gaéð á wyrd swá hío scel).
  11. 22. A value; the belief that fighting for a name and story that lives on in the future is supremely important.
  12. 24. A value; giving rewards for service or help.
  13. 25. This character offers a cup to drink from to all who have arrived to deal with the monster; the character is thankful that a deliverer they could believe in would arrive.
Down
  1. 1. This person has a race with Beowulf in the sea, and they are confronted by sea monsters.
  2. 3. The name of the verse form that's used in Anglo-Saxon poetry (hint: think about the kind of figurative language that has repeating consonant sounds).
  3. 4. The king of the Danes.
  4. 5. The name of the hall that is under attack and remains empty for 12 years (it's name means "hart," or another name for a kind of deer).
  5. 8. The country the hero leaves to help stop the monster (the main tribe in the poem from this country is called the Geats).
  6. 10. The king of the Geats in the first two parts of the poem, when the hero leaves to help the Scyldings.
  7. 13. A brag about someone's power or ability; this is also an implied promise or commitment to doing that thing.
  8. 14. A watery lowland.
  9. 15. Called a fiend out of hell, a God
  10. 16. A figure of speech that takes something common and makes it more interesting or poetic, often by making it a compound word (like "whale-road" for "sea").
  11. 19. A term that describes both treasure and words/language in this world.
  12. 23. A figurative way of describing a king, who also gives treasure to the people (the word is hyphenated, but leave the hyphen out).