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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Airs of the Beowulfian benc still hang about words in living languages whose common ancestry is Germanic, including English.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Airs of the Beowulfian benc still hang about words in living languages whose common ancestry is Germanic, including English.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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More on something Beowulfian -- the conference for which it is intended -- on the morrow.
A Digital Codex Mary Kate Hurley 2009
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More on something Beowulfian -- the conference for which it is intended -- on the morrow.
Archive 2009-02-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2009
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The Thirteenth Warrior (1999) from the Michael Crichton book Eaters of the Dead (1976) remains my favorite Beowulfian story.
Reading Beowulf Dark Worlds Club 2008
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Much of the Beowulfian chest-thumping in the movie is taken directly from the original material.
So What's With the Shouting? Walter Jon Williams 2008
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