Beowulf Background and Characters

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Across
  1. 2. not paper but sheepskin
  2. 5. a strong pause midway through a poetic line
  3. 9. Beowulf's family sword
  4. 11. guards a bunch of gold
  5. 12. Unferth's sword; given to Beowulf
  6. 13. a group of well-armed men
  7. 17. Beowulf cousing and last loyal warrior
  8. 18. marsh monster
  9. 20. front rhyme
  10. 21. hero of the Geats
  11. 23. A-S storyteller or poet
  12. 24. the mead hall in Beowulf
Down
  1. 1. a central meeting place in an A-S village
  2. 3. A-S metaphorical phrase
  3. 4. a dramatic conflict in a literary work
  4. 6. man-price or spear-money
  5. 7. fate; destiny
  6. 8. king of the Geats
  7. 10. Icelandic form of wrestling
  8. 14. warrior who doesn't like Beowulf
  9. 15. warriors from Sweden
  10. 16. scarier than _your_ mom
  11. 19. Beowulf's father
  12. 22. close bonds in A-S villages