One section of this work alludes to widespread death by listing "no trembling harp, no tuned timber, no tumbling hawk" and "no swift horse". A passage about Finn and his sons is another of this work's "four funerals", which also include the Lay of the Last Survivor. It is found in Cotton Vitellius A.xv, also known as the Nowell Codex. Its protagonist is twice failed by swords, and is prompted by the death of (*) Aeschere 
One section of this work alludes to widespread death by listing "no trembling harp, no tuned timber, no tumbling hawk" and "no swift horse". A passage about Finn and his sons is another of this work's "four funerals", which also include the Lay of the Last Survivor. It is found in Cotton Vitellius A.xv, also known as the Nowell Codex. Its protagonist is twice failed by swords, and is prompted by the death of (*) Aeschere to dive into a reptile-infested lake in search of a descendant of Cain. That protagonist is mortally wounded while fighting a dragon with Wiglaf. Shortly after it begins, its title character arrives at the mead hall of Heorot to assist the Danish king Hrothgar. For 10 points, name this Old English epic about a Geatish hero who kills Grendel.
One section of this work alludes to widespread death by listing "no trembling harp, no tuned timber, no tumbling hawk" and "no swift horse".
Beowulf