| A | B |
| GRENDEL BORN OF | CAIN |
| UNFERTH GAVE BEOWULF | HRUNTING |
| GRENDEL'S MOTHER SEEKED | REVENGE |
| BEOWULF'S TOWER WAS BUILT | BY THE SEA |
| I DESTROYED HEROT AND BEOWULF | FIRE DRAGON |
| I WAS THE WARRIOR WHO GAVE BEOWULF SWORD | UNFERTH |
| BEOWULF'S FATHER | EDGETHO |
| BEOWULF'S TRIBE WAS CALLED | GEATS |
| I ATE WARRIORS, LOST CLAW | GRENDEL |
| KING OF THE DANES | HROTHGAR |
| I KILLED HROTHGAR'S FRIEND, ESHER | GRENDEL'S MOTHER |
| THE NAME OF THE MEAD-HALL | HEROT |
| BEOWULF'S SWORD WAS CALLED | NAGLING |
| A REPETITION OF THE SAME CONSONANT SOUNDS | ALLITERATION |
| COMPOUND WORDS ARE USED AS A METAPHOR | KENNINGS |
| BEOWULF'S DYING WISH WAS TO | BE REMEMERED |
| BEOWULF DIES BY | POISON FROM THE FIRE DRAGON |
| HROTGAR'S THRONE IS PROTECTED BY | GOD |
| BEOWULF KILLS GRENDEL WITH | BARE HANDS |
| BEOWULF FINDS GREDEL'S MOM IN | LAKE |
| WHEN BEOWULF EMERGES FROM THE LAKE HE HAS | GRENDEL'S HEAD |
| BEOWULF FINDS GRENDEL'S MOTHER | IN THE LAKE |
| BEOWULF KILLS GRENDEL WITH HIS HAND BECAUSE | HE IS BRAVE |
| SO THE LIVING SORROW OF HEALFDANE'S SON IS AN EXAMPLE OF | ALLITERATION |
| SEA-BEAST IS AN EXAMPLE OF | KENNING |