Flashcards in Quotes Deck (47)
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[about Grendel] “malignant by nature”
f
2
“haunted the glittering hall after dark”
g
3
“I was the strongest swimmer of all”
n
4
“Now I mean to be a match for Grendel”
n
5
“When it comes to fighting, I count myself as dangerous any day as Grendel”
b
6
“although he does possess a wild strength”
b
7
“bit into his bone-lappings, bolted down his blood”
b
8
“The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered in any man on the face of the earth”
b
9
“The hall clattered and hammered, but somehow survived the onslaught and kept standing”
b
10
“unless the burning embrace of a fire engulf it in flame”
b
11
“Beowulf was granted the glory of winning”
b
12
“beaten in battle, bloodying the path, hauling his doom to the demons’ mere”
b
13
“The bright court of Heorot has been cleansed”
v
14
“Grendel’s mother, monstrous hell-bride”
a
15
“She had been forced down into fearful waters, the cold depths, after Cain had killed his father’s son”
v
16
“grief-racked and ravenous, desperate for revenge”
v
17
“huge marauders from some other world”
d
18
“looks like a woman; the other, warped in the shape of a man, moves beyond the pale bigger than any man”
a
19
“an unnatural birth called Grendel”
a
20
“They are fatherless creatures and their whole ancestry is hidden in a past of demons and ghosts”
d
21
“this powerful other one arrives, this force for evil driven to avenge her kinsman’s death”
a
22
“the mere bottom has never been sounded by the sons of men.”
e
23
“Wise sir, do not grieve, it is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning”
e
24
“He who wields power over time and tide: He is the true Lord”
q
25
“He indulges his desires; illness and old age mean nothing to him; his mind is untroubled by envy or malice or the thought of enemies with their hate-honed swords”
f
26
“The whole world conforms to his will”
f
27
“O flower of warriors, beware of that trap.”
g
28
“your strength is in bloom”
g
29
“another night descended upon us. Then suddenly the vehement mother avenged her son”
g
30
“another night descended upon us. Then suddenly the vehement mother avenged her son”
g
31
“Death had robbed her”
f
32
“one began to dominate the dark, a dragon on the prowl”
d
33
“pillage and slaughter have emptied the earth of entire peoples”
d
34
“Yet the prince of the rings was too proud to line up with a large army against the sky plague”
d
35
“Beowulf’s ancient iron-gray sword let him down in the fight”
d
36
“Beowulf’s body ran wet with his life-blood: it came welling out”
a
37
“courage quelled his life”
a
38
“had it been my fortune to have fathered an heir and live on in his flesh”
a
39
“I behold this treasure here in front of me, that I have been allowed to leave my people”
a
40
“The treasure had been won, bought and paid for by Beowulf’s death”
a
41
“Both had reached the end of the road through the life they had been lent”
`
42
“Now the people’s pride and love, the lord of the Geats, is laid on his deathbed”
d
43
“And the king collapsed, the shepherd of people was sheared of life”
c
44
“Famous for his deeds a warrior may be, but it remains a mystery where his life will end”
c
45
“Now shall flame consume our leader in battle”
c
46
“fumes of woodsmoke billowed darkly up”
c
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