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