Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Grendel

A superhuman monster slain by Beowulf, in the Anglo-Saxon romance of that title. (See Turner's abridgement.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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