Grendel

American  

[gren-dl] / ˈgrɛn dl /

noun

English and Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the monster killed by Beowulf.

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Grendel British  

/ ˈɡrɛndəl /

noun

1. (in Old English legend) a man-eating monster defeated by the hero Beowulf

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Example Sentences

To portray the fight between Beowulf and the monster Grendel, from the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, he had to "figure out how to have two figures in a space that works on a small scale" and "wanted to suggest that Beowulf defeats Grendel by tearing off his arm without the image becoming disturbing".

From BBC

Since the Martini Studios lot was built out in 2020 to accommodate the production of Netflix’s Grendel – it was also used for the second season of Apple’s “Schmigadoon,” and for many commercials, Martini said – it has hosted 19 Hallmark movie productions.

From Salon

This is already the third premiere by America’s youngest major opera company to be honored by the Pulitzers: Ellen Reid’s “prism” won in 2019 and Elliot Goldenthal’s “Grendel” was a finalist in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times

To the high school senior who reported his English teacher for condemning “Beowulf” as “sexist because it portrays the warriors as men and not women”: Ask her if she has read the entire Old English epic, wherein Beowulf’s most formidable adversary may not be Grendel the monster himself, but his mother.

From Washington Post

In this epic poem, Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero defeats Grendel, an outcast creature of gigantic stature in order to defend the Geats.

From Salon