Waes se grimma geast Grendel hatenmaere mearc-stapa, se pe moras heold
fen ond faesten;
"Grendel was the name of this grim demon
haunting the marches, marauding around the heath and the desolate fens..."
The bane of the race of men. Truly.
From the Heaney translation.
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