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Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon epic poem, the most important work of Old English literature and the first major poem written in a European vernacular...

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- Old English epic poem: an anonymous Old English epic poem of the eighth century ad describing the exploits of the hero Beowulf, in particular his slaying of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother

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