After the Flood, by Bill Cooper

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Appendix 10

## Zoologically applied terms in the Beowulf Epic

Saxon term | Literal Meaning | Line | Creature denoted
1. aelwiht | alien monster | 1500 | Grendel (female)
2. atol aglaeca | the terrifying ugly one | 732 | Grendel (male)
3. andsaca | adversary | 1682 | Grendel (male)
4. angenga | solitary walker | 449 | Grendel (male)
5. atol | terrible | 165 | Grendel (male)
6. atelic | horrible | 784 | Grendel (male)
7. attorsceatha | venomous foe | 2839 | Flying reptile
8. brimwylf | she-wolf of the lake | 1506 | Grendel (female)
9. cwealm cuma | death visitor | 792 | Grendel (male)
10. daedfruma | evildoer | 2090 | Grendel (male)
11. deathscua | death shadow | 160 | Grendel (male)
12. deofi | devil | 2088 | Grendel (male)
13. draca | dragon | 2290 | Flying reptile
14. eacen craeftig | exceedingly powerftil | 3051 | Flying reptile
15. ealdorgewinna | life enemy | 2903 | Flying reptile
16. ellengaest | powerful demon | 86 | Grendel (male)
17. ellorgaest | alien spirit | 807 | Grendel (male)
18. ent | giant | 2717 | Flying reptile
19. feond | fiend, enemy | 101 | Grendel (male)
20. feondscatha | dire foe | 554 | Grendel (male)
21. feorhbealu | life destruction | 2077 | Grendel (male)
22. ferhthgenithla | deadly foe | 2881 | Flying reptile
23. fifelcyn | race of monsters | 104 | Grendel (species)
24. gastbona | soul slayer | 177 | Grendel (male)
25. geoscafigast | demon sent by fate | 1266 | Grendel (male)
26. gesaca | adversary | 1773 | Grendel (male)
27. graedig | greedy, ravenous | 121 | Grendel (male)
28. grinilic | fierce, terrible | 3041 | Flying reptile
29. gromheort | hostile hearted | 1682 | Grendel (female)
30. grundwyrgen | hellish monster | 1518 | Grendel (male)
31. gryrefah | terr. variegated colouring | 3041 | Flying reptile
32. guthsceatha | enemy, destroyer | 2318 | Flying reptile
33. haethstapa | heath stalker | 1368 | Stag
34. heorowearh | accursed outcast | 1267 | Grendel (male)
35. hordweard | treasure guardian | 2293 | Flying reptile
36. hringboga | coiled (or wrapped) creature | 2561 | Flying reptile
37. idese inlicness | the likeness of a woman | 1351 | Grendel (female)
38. inwitgaest | malicious foe | 2670 | Flying reptile
39. lathgeteona | loathly spoiler | 974 | Grendel (male)
40. ligdraca | fire dragon | 2333 | Flying reptile
41. ligegesa | fire terror | 2780 | Flying reptile
42. lyfifloga | air flier | 2315 | Flying rep. spec.
43. manfordaedla | wicked destroyer | 563 | Sea monster
44. manscatha | wicked ravager | 712 | Grendel (male)
45. mearcstapa | march stalker | 103 | Grendel (male)
46. meredeor | sea beast | 558 | Sea monster
47. mutlibona | mouth slayer | 2079 | Grendel (male)
48. nearofah | cruelly hostile | 2317 | Flying reptile
49. nicor | water monster | 845 | Lake monster
50. nihtbealu | night evil | 193 | Grendel (male)
51. nithdraca | hostile dragon | 2273 | Flying reptile
52. nithgaest | malicious foe | 2699 | Flying reptile
53. orcneas | monsters | 112 | Monsters general
54. saedeor | sea beast | 1510 | Sea monster
55. saedraca | sea dragon | 1426 | Sea monster
56. sceadugenga | walker in darkness | 703 | Grendel (male)
57. scinna | demon | 939 | Grendel (male)
58. scucca | demon | 939 | Grendel (male)
59. scynscatha | hostile demon | 707 | Grendel (male)
60. searogrim | fierce in battle | 594 | Grendel (male)
61. theodsceatha | waster of peoples | 2278 | Flying reptile
62. thyrs | giant | 426 | Grendel (male)
63. weres waestmum | the shape of a man | 1352 | Grendel (male)
64. widfloga | wide flyer | 2346 | Flying reptile
65. wihi unhaelo | unholy monster | 120 | Grendel (male)
66. wildeor | wild beast | 1430 | Lake monster
67. wohbogan | coiled (or wrapped) creature | 2827 | Flying reptile
68. wrecend | avenger | 1256 | Grendel (female)
69. wyrm | serpent | 1430 | Lake monster
70. wyrmcynn | race of serpents | 1425 | Monster species
71. ythgewinnes | wave-thrasher | 1434 | Lake monster

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