In the canon
Beowulf
Anonymous
- Form
- Form Epic Poem
- Year
- Year 850 CE
- Originally in
- Originally in Old English
- Pages
- Pages 80
A young warrior crosses the sea to rid a king's hall of a man-eating monster, kills it and its avenging mother, and fifty years later, an old king himself, dies killing a dragon.
LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped, we have heard, and what honor the athelings won!
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