Beowulf en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈbeɪ.əˌwʊlf/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English Bēowulf, probably equivalent to bee + wolf, though the first element is uncertain.
Meanings
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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.
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(poetic) An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself.
Beowulf is as great a hero as Sigmund.
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.
1965, Myra Waldo, “Japan”, in Travel Guide to the Orient and the Pacific, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 157:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beowulfs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (21)
mk Бе́овулф (epic poem) · ja ベーオウルフ (epic poem) · fr Beowulf (epic poem) · fi Beowulf (epic poem) · bg Беоулф (epic poem) · it Beovulfo (epic poem) · pt Beowulf (epic poem) · cmn 貝奧武夫 /贝奥武夫 (epic poem) · hy Բեովուլֆ (epic poem) · is Bjólfskviða (epic poem) · sh Beovulf (epic poem) · ar بِيوُولْف (epic poem) · ka ბეოვულფი (epic poem) · es Beowulf (epic poem) · ru Беовульф (epic poem) · tr Beowulf (epic poem) · eo Beoŭulf (epic poem) · it Beowulf (epic poem) · el Μπέογουλφ (epic poem) · ko 베오울프 (epic poem) · sh Beowulf (epic poem)