The title character of this work arrives by ship to help Hrothgar defend his mead hall.
An early line in this work describes people being "hunted down by a dark death-shadow." J.R.R. Tolkien gave a 1936 lecture defending the literary quality and importance of this work. Some scholars believe that a fratricidal character in this work purposefully gives the protagonist a useless weapon. This work opens by describing the (*) ship burial of Shield Sheafson. Unferth gives the protagonist his sword, Hrunting, to battle a woman under a lake. The title character of this work arrives by ship to help Hrothgar defend his mead hall. For 10 points, name this Old English epic poem in which the title character kills Grendel.
An early line in this work describes people being "hunted down by a dark death-shadow."
Beowulf