English Explanatory Dictionary

Beowulf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A renowned Old English alliterative poem, preserved in a single manuscript within the Nowell Codex, composed sometime between 975 and 1025 AD.
  2. An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself.

Pronunciation

/ˈbeɪ.əˌwʊlf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Beowulf.wav

Word forms

Beowulf Beowulfs

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English Bēowulf, probably equivalent to bee + wolf, though the first element is uncertain.

Derived words

Beowulfian Beowulfiana

Translations

Arabic: بِيوُولْف Armenian: Բեովուլֆ Bulgarian: Беоулф Chinese Mandarin: 貝奧武夫 /贝奥武夫 Esperanto: Beoŭulf Finnish: Beowulf French: Beowulf Georgian: ბეოვულფი Greek: Μπέογουλφ Icelandic: Bjólfskviða Italian: Beowulf Italian: Beovulfo Japanese: ベーオウルフ Korean: 베오울프 Macedonian: Бе́овулф Portuguese: Beowulf Russian: Беовульф Serbo-Croatian: Beowulf Serbo-Croatian: Beovulf Spanish: Beowulf
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