BEOWULF

Meaning of BEOWULF in English

Be ‧ o ‧ wulf /ˈbeɪəʊwʊlf/ BrE AmE

an ↑ epic (=long poem about gods and great men and women) written in the 8th century in Old English, about a man called Beowulf who kills powerful frightening creatures and becomes a king

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BEOWULF — noun Date: before 12th century a legendary Geatish warrior and hero of the Old English poem ~ , ~ian adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEOWULF — Heroic poem considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic . It deals with …
Английский словарь Британика
BEOWULF — /bay"euh woolf'/ , n. 1. ( italics ) an English alliterative epic poem, probably written in the early 8th century …
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BEOWULF — n. epic poem dating from the 8th century (oldest extant work written in English); supercomputer comprised of several PCs connected …
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BEOWULF — noun Date: before 12th century : a legendary Geatish warrior and hero of the Old English poem Beowulf • Be·o·wulf·ian …
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BEOWULF — [Be.o.wulf] n: a legendary Geatish warrior and hero of the Old English poem Beowulf
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BEOWULF — heroic poem, the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. Preserved in a single manuscript …
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BEOWULF — Beowulf BrE AmE ˈbeɪ ə ʊ wʊlf AmE \ -ə-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BEOWULF — n. Heroic poem considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic . It deals …
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BEOWULF — a long poem in Old English , probably written in the 8th century. It tells how the hero Beowulf kills …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
BEOWULF — Беовульф (древний англосаксонский народно-героический эпос 7-8 вв.; дошёл в рукописи 10 в., хранящейся в Британском музее (British Museum); повествует о …
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BEOWULF — [Folklore] About one thousand to twelve hundred years ago, an unknown author put pen to paper and transcribed an epic …
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BEOWULF — Beowulf
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BEOWULF — Beowulf
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEOWULF — Беовульф
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BEOWULF — Beowulf
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
BEOWULF — (n) Беовульф
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BEOWULF — n. Беовульф
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BEOWULF — n. Беовульф
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BEOWULF — "Беовульф" (древний англосаксонский народно-героический эпос 7-8 вв.; дошёл в рукописи 10 в., хранящейся в Британском музее [British Museum]; повествует о …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
BEOWULF — Beowulf
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEOWULF — Beowulf
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEOWULF — n. Pronunciation: ' b ā - ə - ˌ wu ̇ lf Function: noun Date: before 12th century : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GRENDEL — noun Etymology: Old English Date: before 12th century a monstrous man-eating descendant of Cain slain by Beowulf in the Old …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HERO — I Mythological or legendary figure, often of divine descent, who is endowed with great strength or ability, like the heroes …
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GRENDEL — noun Etymology: Old English Date: before 12th century : a monstrous man-eating descendant of Cain slain by Beowulf in the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRENDEL — [Gren.del] n [OE]: a monstrous man-eating descendant of Cain slain by Beowulf in the Old English poem Beowulf
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HERO — in literature, broadly, the main character in a literary work; the term is also used in a specialized sense for …
Britannica English vocabulary
EPIC — long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Tolstoy's …
Britannica English vocabulary
BRINK, BERNHARD TEN — born Jan. 12, 1841, Amsterdam, Neth. died Jan. 29, 1892, Strassburg, Ger. [now Strasbourg, Fr.] scholar whose research stimulated a …
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OLD ENGLISH — Old English, sometimes called Anglo-Saxon , was the language of the German peoples who settled in England from around 400 …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

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