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Beowulf

//ˈbeɪ.əˌwʊlf// name

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  1. 1
    A renowned Old English alliterative poem, preserved in a single manuscript within the Nowell Codex, composed sometime between 975 and 1025 AD.

    "John Gardner’s retelling of Beowulf is titled Grendel."

  2. 2
    An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself. poetic

    "Beowulf is as great a hero as Sigmund."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English Bēowulf, probably equivalent to bee + wolf, though the first element is uncertain.

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