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Grendel
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A monster slain by the hero Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem "Beowulf"; also used as a masculine given name.
"Grendel terrorized the hall of Heorot until Beowulf defeated him."
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old English Grendel.