Grendel æglæca þærof wrāt se scop in Bēowulf þæm geweorce. He is ān þāra þrēora feondra þærwiþ fēohteþ Bēowulf se beorn in þæm lēodweorces spelle: þā ōðran sind Grendles mōdor and wyrm). Þes scopcræft wæs in þære ylde 700–1000 gewriten ac his spell is of ealdyldum fore Englecyn wāt crīstendōm.