8 वीं शताब्दी की शुरुआत में एक अज्ञात पुरानी अंग्रेजी महाकाव्य कविता का पौराणिक नायक; वह एक राक्षस स्लेज करता है और राजा बन जाता है लेकिन एक अजगर से लड़ता है

beowulf's Usage Examples:

Beowulf proceeds to the mere, and, armed with sword and corslet, plunges into the water.

Richly rewarded by Hrothgar, Beowulf returns to his native land.

The hero Beowulf comes to the court of Hrothgar from the land of the G6tar, where Hygelac is king.

When all but Beowulf are asleep, Grendel enters, the iron-barred doors having yielded in a moment to his hand.

Beowulf and his friends are feasted in the long-deserted Heorot.

The epic of Beowulf, the most precious relic of Old English, and, indeed, of all early Germanic literature, has come down to us in a single MS., written about A.D.

The subject of the poem is the exploits of Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow and nephew of Hygelac, king of the " Geatas," i.e.

His story is told in one of the oldest songs of the Edda, the V OlundarkiOda and, with considerable variations, in the prose P13rekssaga (Thidrek's sage), while the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf and Deor's Lament contain allusions to it.

Beowulf is also a culture-hero.

After Beowulf has reigned prosperously for fifty years, his country is ravaged by a fiery dragon, which inhabits an ancient burial-mound, full of costly treasure.

beowulf's Meaning':

the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon