Talk:Grendel
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[edit] Orc?
Grendel is not described directly as "orc."
The term "orc-neas" appears in Beowulf, but not as a direct reference to Grendel. The author describes how the various monsters of the world originated from Cain, and "orc-neas" are mentioned in the list. This word appears only once in Anglo-Saxon poetry and prose, according to Klaeber's glossary.
Klaeber gives "evil spirits" as a translation, and Orcus in the etymology. Chickering has it as "walking dead." Silarius 00:36, 16 February 2006 (UTC) Whats up with bob the builder. I tagged it for citation.
[edit] Scather
This word simply means "one who scathes." It is not a race of creatures of which Grendel is an example. "Unscathed" and "scathing" are the two most common forms of this word used in modern English. Silarius 02:54, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Under the Story section, someone had written in a few lines that not only had nothing to do with Grendel, but was very juvenile, inapropriate and in poor grammar/leet speak as well. Unfortuneat;y I don't know what was the original intent for that section, so I'll leave that for someone more intelligent on the matter than I to redo it, but what was there had to go.
- To LightDarkness, re the Bob the Builder reference; it's just someone vandalising the page. I simply made a mistake in my last revert, believing I was correcting it. I'll be more careful in reverting in the future, and I'm quite sure this is a case of vandalism. It seems odd though, that the IP changes...I can't figure that out. Carl.bunderson 02:59, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
10/12/06 - I found that someone had also vandalized the Etymology section with the words "cynthia sucks". As I'm relatively certain that the cynthia in question would not appreciate such rumors being spread, and since I'm the contributor who originally wrote the Etymology section (and hence felt somewhat insulted), I removed it from the page.
11/02/06 - Just curious: a few lines in the etymology section that I wrote concerning the alleged similarities between Beowulf and Hrolf's saga were re-written and slightly re-worded. I have no complaint about the revision, but I'm merely curious why Berig re-wrote those few lines. Again, I'm just curious.
