id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 16328 nan Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem .txt text/plain 41056 4216 90 _Hrothgar, king of the Danes, or Scyldings, builds a great mead-hall, or _Over sea, a day's voyage off, Beowulf, of the Geats, nephew of Higelac, king of the Geats, hears of Grendel's doings and of Hrothgar's misery. Hrothgar's bedtime comes he leaves the hall in charge of Beowulf, telling ~Ecgtheow~.--Father of Beowulf, the hero of the poem. falls in battle with the Danes, Ingeld, his son, marries Hrothgar's ~Heort~, ~Heorot~.--The great mead-hall which King Hrothgar builds. ~Hrothgar~.--The Danish king who built the hall Heort, but was long unable ~Hygelac~, ~Higelac~.--King of the Geats, uncle and liegelord of Beowulf, Lends Beowulf his sword when he goes to look for Grendel's mother. {Beowulf, the Geat, hero of the poem, hears of Hrothgar's sorrow, and read: _The firm and hand-locked war-burnie shone, bright ring-mail, 5 Of Beowulf brandished his battle-sword old, {Beowulf suspends Grendel's hand and arm in Heorot.} With battle-swords beaten; thence Beowulf came then ./cache/16328.txt ./txt/16328.txt