Beowulf

English + Etymology en ang Bēowulf, probably equivalent to en bee wolf, though the first element is uncertain. Pronunciation en /ˈbeɪ.əˌwʊlf/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Beowulf.wav GA Proper noun + 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. en poetic An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself. en Beowulf is as great a hero as Sigmund. en 1965 Myra Waldo Japan Travel Guide to the Orient and the Pacific New York, N.Y. The Macmillan Company; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited 157 https://books.google.com/books?id=PEJNAAAAMAAJ&q=Beowulfs 65-20169 416652 The highest rank attainable is yokozuna, or grand champion. They are the heroes of the Japanese, the Rolands, the Beowulfs, the Siegfrieds of the Cherry Blossom Empire. Derived terms en Beowulfian en Beowulfiana Translations epic poem Arabic: ar بِيوُولْف m Armenian: hy Բեովուլֆ Bulgarian: bg Беоулф Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 貝奧武夫 Bèi'àowǔfū Esperanto: eo Beoŭulf Finnish: fi Beowulf French: fr Beowulf m Georgian: ka ბეოვულფი Greek: el Μπέογουλφ m Icelandic: is Bjólfskviða Italian: it Beowulf, it Beovulfo very rare Japanese: ja ベーオウルフ Bēourufu Korean: ko ^베오울프 Macedonian: mk Бе́овулф m Portuguese: pt Beowulf m Russian: ru Беовульф Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Beowulf m, sh Beovulf m Spanish: es Beowulf Turkish: tr Beowulf s en male given names from Old English en Fictional characters Individuals Mythological figures Old English Alternative forms ang Bīowulf Etymology ang; traditionally derived from ang bēo bee wulf wolf, used as a kenning for “bear” or “woodpecker”.Traditions, Superstitions, and Folklore, (chiefly Lancashire and the North of England: ) Their Affinity to Others in Widely-distributed Localities; Their Eastern Origin and Mythical Significance by Charles Hardwick, 1872.Curiosities of Indo-European Tradition and Folk-lore by Walter Keating Kelly, 1863.The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest by John Mitchell Kemble, 1849. Most recently analysed theophorically from ang Bēow Beow wulf wolf. The Germanic Onomasticon and the Etymology of Beowulf's Name by Leonard Neidorf and Chenyun Zhu, 2021. Probably cognate with non Bjólfr (from earlier non *Bíolfr, non *Béolfr). Pronunciation Bēo-wulf Proper noun Bēowulf m ang poetic en Beowulf Declension Bēowulf sg References ang male given names