Grendel
the monster killed by Beowulf.
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Being innumerate, I need equivalencies to help my poor mind wrap around Grendel-size mathematical concepts.
The Wall Street Journal's Trillion-Dollar Error | Christopher Buckley | January 14, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTGrendel means, originally, no more than a bar or rod, or a palisade or lattice-work made of such bars or rods.
I thought of Grendel, and listened for the splash of the fen-monster's steps along the edge of the bay.
Roof and Meadow | Dallas Lore SharpGlam's entry and onset resemble those of Grendel: when Grettir closes with him he tries to get out.
Beowulf | R. W. ChambersWhy must Grendel or his mother represent the tempest, or the malaria, or the drear long winter nights?
Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
It is generally asserted that the Orm-story affords a close parallel to the episodes of Grendel and his mother.
Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for Grendel
/ (ˈɡrɛndəl) /
(in Old English legend) a man-eating monster defeated by the hero Beowulf
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