Across
- 5. Hrothgar's famous mead hall
- 6. to enjoy keenly
- 7. type of poem an epic is
- 8. broad, open region with patches of bog
- 12. powerful monster from down in the darkness
- 15. good vs. ___
- 16. repetition of consonant sound at beginning of words
- 17. for example, "the swift-footed" one
- 18. time when Grendel attacked Herot
- 20. a pause or division in middle of line
- 23. first murderer in history
- 24. a reference to a historical or literary event
- 26. an audible expression of grief; wail
- 27. Anglo-Saxon entertainers
Down
- 1. heathen or non-Christian
- 2. what men drank in the mead hall
- 3. exams are "sin-stained demon" and "the Almighty's enemy" to describe Grendel
- 4. pagan; non-Christian
- 9. something done to make amends for loss or suffering
- 10. chief of the Danes
- 11. more than merely natural
- 13. den of a wild animal
- 14. where the Danes live
- 19. how many Danes Grendel killed at once
- 21. a cause of pain or distress
- 22. years Herot was deserted
- 25. Grendel's parents are compared to him