Beowulf

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Across
  1. 1. "Beowulf" was eventually written down by a Christian ________.
  2. 2. "Whale-road" in place of "sea" is an example of a ________.
  3. 3. The Anglo-Saxons brought their language and ________.
  4. 6. The king of the Danes.
  5. 8. "Beowulf" takes place in modern-day ________.
  6. 10. Before the Anglo-Saxons invaded, Britain was under the control of the ________ Empire.
  7. 13. The name of the mead hall in "Beowulf."
  8. 16. Beowulf is the first ________ poem of the English language.
  9. 18. Beowulf's men tried to help fight Grendel with their _______.
  10. 19. The original author of Beowulf is ________.
  11. 21. The Anglo-Saxons were ________ who believed in many gods.
  12. 22. Swords did not work against Grendel, because he laid _______ on all men's weapons.
  13. 23. Grendel attacked the Danes for ________ years.
  14. 24. "So mankind's ________ continued his crimes" (line 79).
  15. 25. Grendel was descended from ________, the first murderer.
  16. 26. The kenning "ring-giver" means ________.
  17. 28. The Danes tracked Grendel to his swamp, and the water was bloody, steaming and _______.
  18. 30. "He found them sprawled in sleep, suspecting nothing" is an example of ________.
  19. 32. Beowulf was a warrior from modern-day ________.
  20. 34. Beowulf hung Grendel's _______ from the rafters.
Down
  1. 1. Beowulf bragged about hunting _______ out of the ocean.
  2. 4. A monster who haunts moors and fens.
  3. 5. Beowulf did not use any ________ to fight Grendel.
  4. 7. Grendel wouldn't go near Hrothgar's ________.
  5. 9. The mead hall represents _______ and belonging.
  6. 11. "Mighty protector of men" is a kenning for ________.
  7. 12. Beowulf bragged that he drove five great _______ from the earth.
  8. 14. The Anglo-Saxons were originally from Northern ________.
  9. 15. The _______ of Beowulf's people told him it was his duty to help the Danes (line 149).
  10. 17. The Anglo-Saxons invaded ________ in 410 A.D.
  11. 20. The Anglo-Saxon's language became what we now call ________.
  12. 27. English is a ________ language.
  13. 29. Beowulf was the strongest of the ________.
  14. 31. The day of the week named after "Thor's Day."
  15. 33. The Anglo-Saxons believed in ________, what we now call fate.