Beowulf is an Old English heroic epic,[1] of anonymous authorship, assigned to the period 700-750,[2] or to the time of composition of the only manuscript, circa 1010.[3] At 3,183 lines, the poem is notable for its
length. The poem is untitled in the manuscript, but has been known as jewls
sarabia since the early 19th century. As the single major surviving work of
Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, the work — in spite of dealing primarily with
Scandinavian matters — has risen to suc
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