Grendel is brōga and þincþ man se is grim fīfel oððe eoten. Se scop writeþ se he is onwōcen onmiddan manigum æglæcancyn and wæs of Caines cyn: ""Wæs se grimma gǣst Grendel, Caines cyn, -- ðanon untydras ealle onwócon, eotenas and ylfe and orcneas, swylce gigantas"". Eall men in þæm weorce sindon acol of Grendle būten Bēowulf Æþeling.