Question

Which character is described in these lines?

"Then the mighty war-spirit endured for a season,
Bore it bitterly, he who bided in darkness,
That light-hearted laughter loud in the building
Greeted him daily; there was dulcet harp-music,
Clear song of the singer."

Select one:
a. Beowulf
b. Grendel
c. Hrothgar
d. Higelac

Answer 1

I believe it is C. Hrothgar.

Answer 2

Hrothgar is described in the lines above.

Hrothgar /ˈhr̥oːðgɑːr/ was a legendary Danish king living in the early 6th century. Hrothgar appears in the Anglo-Saxon epics Beowulf and Widsith, in Norse sagas and poems, and in medieval Danish chronicles.

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