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Definition of Beowulf
1. Noun. The legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon.
Definition of Beowulf
1. Proper noun. (poetic) An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of an Old English w:Beowulf epic poem, or to the poem itself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beowulf
Literary usage of Beowulf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1905)
"On the evening of his arrival at Hrothgar's court, Beowulf is mocked by the ...
"Art thou that Beowulf who strove with Breca in swimming, risking your lives ..."
2. English Literature, from the Beginning to the Norman Conquest by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1898)
"CHAPTER III Beowulf THE poem of Beowulf, consisting of 3183 lines, records in two
... Beowulf was with Hygelac, and avenged his lord's death on his slayer, ..."
3. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1910)
"APPENDIX Beowulf It supposed that Beowulf, the hero of this poem, was a real person.
Although Beowulf himself does not appear sober history, ..."
4. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1901)
"There is another portion of this Finn-saga in Beowulf, and the story there told
either precedes ... The related passage in Beowulf describes the burning of ..."
5. Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry by John Josias Conybeare (1826)
"A long account of this person is to be found in Beowulf, cantos viii. and ix.
... as referring to some piratical expeditions of Beowulf; but at that early ..."
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