Grendel

[ gren-dl ]

/ ˈgrɛn dl /

the monster killed by Beowulf.

Example sentences from the Web for grendel

But Grendel or no Grendel, there was one who thought not of her own safety.

A Thane of Wessex |Charles W. Whistler
The Old English place-names, associating Grendel as they do with meres and swamps, seem rather to support this.

Beowulf |R. W. Chambers
For far on the moor there lived a wicked giant named Grendel, prowling at night to see what evil he might do.

Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) |Various
The hideous creature of the night was the mother of Grendel, as all knew well.

A Book of Myths |Jean Lang

But there was a monster named Grendel, who lived in the darkness of lonely morasses.

A Literary History of the English People |Jean Jules Jusserand

Grendel

/ (ˈɡrɛndəl) /

(in Old English legend) a man-eating monster defeated by the hero Beowulf