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View Name: Beowulf


BEOWULF
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: BAY-ə-woolf (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Possibly means "bee wolf" (in effect equal to "bear") from Old English beo "bee" and wulf "wolf". This is the name of the main character in the anonymous 8th-century epic poem 'Beowulf'. The poem tells how Beowulf slays the monster Grendel and its mother, but goes on to tell how he is killed in his old age fighting a dragon.
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