Across
- 8. Beowulf swung this sword so hard against the dragon's skull that it snapped.
- 9. This word is used when Beowulf is told to remain strong against the dragon.
- 10. This hero from the Völsunga saga killed a dragon by himself; his story ironically foreshadow's Beowulf's final battle
- 11. Grendel did this when he went creeping and cowering back to the moor
- 13. This flag and pole glows bright enough that the dragon's treasure can be seen.
- 14. The opposite of a protagonist.
- 15. This word is used to describe the dragon's venom as it pulses through Beowulf's veins.
Down
- 1. This king is mentioned with Sigemund and by Hrothgar as an object lesson about leaders falling victim to vices
- 2. The son of Weohstan who remained to help Beowulf deal with the dragon.
- 3. This word means something shameful or disgraceful
- 4. The dragon is called the ____ of the people, meaning a source of harm or destruction.
- 5. The dragon lives in this kind of earthen cave made by people.
- 6. This word is used to describe how Beowulf and the dragon rush at each other in a fury.
- 7. "So must a man do who intends to gain enduring glory in a combat" is an example of this kind of phrase, which offers some wisdom or understanding about the future.
- 12. gold-friend, ring-giver, tam-hag are all examples of this kind of Anglo-Saxon figurative language