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United Kingdom · Literature · Hard
Which Old English epic poem, surviving in a single manuscript dated to around 1000 CE, tells of a Geatish hero who battles the monster Grendel?
Answer: Beowulf — Beowulf is the longest surviving poem in Old English, containing 3,182 lines of alliterative verse; the manuscript narrowly survived the 1731 Cotton Library fire.
- A Beowulf ✓
- B The Dream of the Rood
- C The Seafarer
- D The Battle of Maldon
Beowulf is the longest surviving poem in Old English, containing 3,182 lines of alliterative verse; the manuscript narrowly survived the 1731 Cotton Library fire.