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Abstract

The personal pronoun him in line 852b of Beowulf does not refer to Grendel. Its reference is either to his 'life' (singular) or to his 'life and soul' (plural). Grendel managed to reach the cave he inhabited together with his mother. It is there that Beowulf ultimately beheaded the monster.

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Title
Grendel's Death (Beowulf 850-852)
Author
Bammesberger, Alfred
Pages
467-469
Publication year
2002
Publication date
Jul 2002
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
00282677
e-ISSN
15728668
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015614525762
ProQuest document ID
196322495
Copyright
Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002