Beowulf

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim 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. özel isim An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself.

   “Beowulf is as great a hero as Sigmund.”