beowulf
/ˈbeɪ.əˌwʊlf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.92 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A renowned Old English alliterative poem, preserved in a single manuscript within the Nowell Codex, composed sometime between 975 and 1025 AD.
name
An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English Bēowulf, probably equivalent to bee + wolf, though the first element is uncertain.
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.