A male given name.
grendel
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grendel.
Editorial note
Firstly, the Grendel superchip is expected to hit the market by the end of next year.
Quick take
A male given name.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of grendel gathered in one view.
(mythology) A monster or giant slain by Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for grendel.
noun
A male given name.
noun
(mythology) A monster or giant slain by Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
Example sentences
Firstly, the Grendel superchip is expected to hit the market by the end of next year.
Hunters might chamber 6.5 grendel, which is a nice intermediate cartridge commonly used to take down larger deer and elk.
I had a look at tenstorrent given this article and the Grendel architecture seems interesting.
It's fanfiction the way John Gardner's Grendel is Beowulf fanfiction.
At one place, we started off with beowulf and grendel, but then rapidly discovered that many of the other names are pretty much impossible.
Dr Who - The Androids of Tara Princess Strella (Mary Tamm), nor Romana(also Mary Tamm), would ever willingly pledge their suzerainty to Count Grendel of Gracht(Peter Jeffrey), which is why he tried to set up a shotgun wedding.
Quote examples
My favorite part is where Grendel's mother is referred to as an "aglæc-wif", which could mean "monster-woman" or maybe just "fearsome woman".
That's the basic idea behind Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead" (made into the film "The Thirteenth Warrior") except he uses it to explain the Grendel myth rather than trolls.
In a college class recently, we read beowulf, and I was confused what was meant when grendel was described as being from "cain's clan" - I was raised non-religiously by parents who had both been burned pretty bad by institutional religion, so it was pretty much only me and an asian immigrant in that class who needed the reference explained.
On the other hand it annoys the heck out of some Danish folk who write us things like "ØMG røtfl", and "Ø is not a funny looking zero!" and "Rødgrød med Fløde!", which is apparently an insult that means "may your neighbours be the direct descendants of Grendel!" Seems like a fair trade.
Proper noun examples
By the way, didn't Beowulf bring back just a handle after the fight with Grendel's mother?
They already have 2-3 newer chips generations available internally (Wormhole, Black Hole, Grendel), see [2].
So no more Sandy or even Edward, but Cerberus, Smaug, and Grendel.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use grendel in a sentence?
Firstly, the Grendel superchip is expected to hit the market by the end of next year.
What does grendel mean?
A male given name.
What part of speech is grendel?
grendel is commonly used as noun.