Across
- 4. literary genre of Beowulf
- 7. Number of yrs Grendel terrorized the Danes
- 9. descendant of Cain
- 11. Geat King, also Beowulf's uncle
- 14. jealous Danish warrior who taunts Beowulf
- 15. uncultivated, hilly expanse of land
- 17. Grendel's den
- 18. burial cloth
- 20. formed or shaped after heating
- 24. Number of warriors who sailed w/ Beowulf
- 27. whale's home
- 28. indicators of future; Beowulf's were good
- 29. Danish guard who questions Beowulf
Down
- 1. song of mourning and grief
- 2. repetition of sounds in poetry
- 3. central struggle between opposing forces
- 5. country once known as Geatland
- 6. the roof was covered in this
- 8. Beowulf's home "across the water"
- 10. King of the Danes
- 12. having a reputation for something bad
- 13. twisting as if in pain
- 16. singing poet who recorded histories
- 19. tribe terrorized by Grendel
- 21. tribe who came to fight Grendel
- 22. pause in a line of poetry
- 23. Danish mead hall
- 25. Number of Danish warriors Grendel killed
- 26. Geat's mightiest warrior
- 30. Grendel dared not touch it
- 31. fermented drink made with honey