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AnSaxNet today had a link to some Beowulf fan fiction -- the story of Grendel's attack on Heorot from the perspective of the bard (Widsith, in this case), entitled "The Hand That Binds."
The Hand That Binds Richard Nokes 2006
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"Heorot" -- Harry teams up with Miss Gard to find a missing bride.
Mihir’s Anticipated 2010 Books Liviu 2010
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This Grendel was half monster and half man, and night after night stole into the king's palace called Heorot, and slew sometimes as many as thirty of the sleepers at a time.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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Night after night he would steal into the king's great palace called Heorot and slay sometimes as many as thirty at one time of the knights sleeping there.
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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Night after night he would steal into the king's great palace called Heorot and slay sometimes as many as thirty at one time of the knights sleeping there.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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Take, for instance, this little line of stage direction, from Hrothgar's address outside Heorot which is mispelled frequently in the screenplay.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Take, for instance, this little line of stage direction, from Hrothgar's address outside Heorot which is mispelled frequently in the screenplay.
Everyone is filthy. 2008
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At the great feast which Hrothgar gave first in his new home the minstrels chanted the glory of the hall, "Heorot," "The Hart," as the king named it; Hrothgar's desire was well fulfilled, that he should build the most magnificent of banquet-halls.
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Style-savvy Minneapolis restaurant mogul Kim Bartmann's newest venture, the vaguely bohemian Red Stag Supper Club, boasts a drinking hall that would put Beowulf's "Heorot" to shame - and has a patio to boot.
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One of the brothers was doing the Dartmouth coat of arms and I did "Heorot" in big, old English letters along the top - just as a favor.
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799. 2009
qms commented on the word Heorot
Heorot is a mead-hall described in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf as "the foremost of halls under heaven." It served as a palace for King Hroðgar, a legendary Danish king of the sixth century. Heorot means 'Hart, stag'. After the malicious entity Grendel slaughters the inhabitants of the hall, the Geatish hero Beowulf defends the royal hall before subsequently defeating him. Later Grendel's Mother attacks the inhabitants of the hall, and she too is subsequently defeated by Beowulf.
September 27, 2018