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Beowulf definition

Beo·wulf (bā′ə wo̵olf′)

noun

hero of the Old English folk epic of that name, an Anglian poem probably composed during the first half of the 8th cent.

Etymology: < ?; prob. understood in OE as beo, bee + wulf, wolf, hence as a kenning for “bear”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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