Beowulf (Grendel & Grendel's Mother)

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Across
  1. 2. Beowulf fights Grendel’s mother in the ___.
  2. 3. The meadhall in Beowulf.
  3. 8. Number of years of Grendel’s killing spree
  4. 9. “Talking of Terror” is an example of _____
  5. 11. What the Geats are told to leave on the boat
  6. 14. What hangs from the rafters of Herot?
  7. 15. Trophy from battle with Grendel’s mother
  8. 17. Beowulf’s sword
  9. 20. Setting of Beowulf
  10. 22. What religion influenced the story of Beowulf when it was 1st written down?
  11. 23. Who greets Beowulf’s arrival on the Danish shore
  12. 24. Anglo Saxon Storyteller
  13. 27. Hrothgar’s reward for who kills Grendel’s mother
  14. 28. A break in the middle of the lines of Beowulf
Down
  1. 1. “--- will unwind as it must!”
  2. 4. Language Beowulf was written in (2 words, no spaces)
  3. 5. Number of Geats Beowulf brings
  4. 6. What the Anglo Saxons drank
  5. 7. Viking Heaven
  6. 8. The only thing Grendel can’t touch
  7. 10. How the story of Beowulf was passed down (2 words, no spaces)
  8. 12. Descriptive phrase used in place of a name
  9. 13. Biblical character Grendel is a descendant of
  10. 15. Who grieves the most for the man whom Grendel’s mother kills
  11. 16. Who leaves the lake?
  12. 18. Who forged the sword that kills Grendel’s mother
  13. 19. What protects Beowulf from Grendel’s mother? (2 words, no spaces)
  14. 21. King of the Geats
  15. 23. Old English word for fate
  16. 25. Who first wrote down the story of Beowulf?
  17. 26. Why the weapons don’t hurt Grendel