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Grendel: Another Dip into the Etymological Mere

Grendel: Another Dip into the Etymological Mere English L anguage Notes V olume XXXX о N u m b e r 3 ❖ M arch 2003 GRENDEL·. A N O T H E R DIP IN T O T H E ETYMOLOGICAL MERE G re n d e l, th e m o n stro u s mearc-stapa who terro rizes H e o ro t in Beowulf, is only m o re frig h te n in g b ecause h e is so com pletely alien. We have n o idea w hat his n am e even m eans, while m ost all o th e r nam es in th e p o em are com pletely tra n s p a re n t. Schol­ arly a tte m p ts to etym ologize G r e n d e l’s n a m e have all b e e n f o u n d e d o n th e su p p o sitio n th a t a m ean in g fu l a n d d ire c t re la ­ tio n sh ip exists b etw een th a t c r http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

Grendel: Another Dip into the Etymological Mere

English Language Notes , Volume 40 (3) – Mar 1, 2003

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Copyright © 2003 Regents of the University of Colorado
ISSN
0013-8282
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2573-3575
DOI
10.1215/00138282-40.3.1
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English L anguage Notes V olume XXXX о N u m b e r 3 ❖ M arch 2003 GRENDEL·. A N O T H E R DIP IN T O T H E ETYMOLOGICAL MERE G re n d e l, th e m o n stro u s mearc-stapa who terro rizes H e o ro t in Beowulf, is only m o re frig h te n in g b ecause h e is so com pletely alien. We have n o idea w hat his n am e even m eans, while m ost all o th e r nam es in th e p o em are com pletely tra n s p a re n t. Schol­ arly a tte m p ts to etym ologize G r e n d e l’s n a m e have all b e e n f o u n d e d o n th e su p p o sitio n th a t a m ean in g fu l a n d d ire c t re la ­ tio n sh ip exists b etw een th a t c r

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Published: Mar 1, 2003

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