Usually means: Monstrous creature from Beowulf epic.
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  1. Grendel: Merriam-Webster
  2. Grendel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Grendel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Grendel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Grendel, grendel: Wordnik
  6. Grendel: Wiktionary
  7. Grendel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Grendel: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Grendel: Dictionary.com
  10. Grendel (Niven), Grendel (band), Grendel (comics), Grendel (disambiguation), Grendel (film), Grendel (novel), Grendel (opera), Grendel (short story), Grendel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. grendel (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. Grendel: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. Grendel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Grendel: Who2
  15. Grendel: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Grendel: Encyclopedia

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  1. grendel: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Grendel)

▸ noun:  (mythology) A monster or giant slain by Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
▸ noun:  A male given name.

Similar:
ogre, godkiller, Gogmagog, behemoth, giant, Heorot, Gullinbursti, gorgon, Sigurd, eoten, more...

Opposite:
Beowulf, hero, savior, protector

Phrases:
6.5mm Grendel, Beowulf & Grendel, Grendel Grendel Grendel, Grendel Grendel Grendel, Grendel Grendel Grendel, more...

Adjectives:
giant, dead, monstrous, terrible, next, wicked, last, accursed, novel, beowulf, young



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Similar:
ogre, godkiller, Gogmagog, behemoth, giant, Heorot, Gullinbursti, gorgon, Sigurd, eoten, more...

Opposite:
Beowulf, hero, savior, protector

Phrases:
6.5mm Grendel, Beowulf & Grendel, Grendel Grendel Grendel, Grendel Grendel Grendel, Grendel Grendel Grendel, more...

Adjectives:
giant, dead, monstrous, terrible, next, wicked, last, accursed, novel, beowulf, young



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