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He will kill the monster. Did you hear that? Grendel will die.
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-Grendel? -Yeah, the monster is called Grendel.
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Then I will kill your Grendel.
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I, Beowulf, killed a tribe of giants on the Orkneys,
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crushed the skulls of sea-serpents,
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and this troll of yours will trouble you no more.
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A hero! A hero! I knew the sea would bring us a hero!
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So will you go up to the moors, to the dark pool by the cave
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and kill the monster in its den?
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I have 14 brave thanes with me. We have been long at sea.
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It is high time,
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mighty Hrothgar, to break open your golden mead