pūcel

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Hana Videen

pūcel, m.n: goblin, demon. (POO-chell / ˈpuː-tʃɛl)

blōt-mōnaþ

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Hana Videen

blōt-mōnaþ, m.n: November (‘sacrifice-month’). (BLOAT-MO-nath / ˈbloːt-ˌmoː-naθ)

dēaþ-scūa

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Hana Videen

dēaþ-scūa, m.n: shadow of death, death. (DAY-ath-SHOO-ah / ˈdeːaθ-ˌʃuːa)

un-mann

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Hana Videen

un-mann, m.n: bad person, inhuman person; hero, one who is more than an average person. (UN-MAHN / ˈʌn-ˌman)

aglǣcwīf

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Hana Videen

aglǣcwīf, n.n: hostile female fighter, fierce female combatant. (AH-GLATCH-weef / ˈa-ˌglæːtʃ-wiːf)

āglǣca

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Hana Videen

āglǣca, m.n: hostile fighter, fierce combatant, great opponent. (AH-GLATCH-ah / ˈa-ˌglæː-tʃa)

There aren’t any good word-for-word translations. Often translators use ‘monster’ but there is no word in Old English that means simply ‘monster’, and āglǣca can refer to (human) heroes as well as monsters. Grendel is an āglǣca but so is Beowulf.