Packet 9: Tossup 4

An 87-line poem in this language written in couplets is known as "The Rhyming Poem.” One of this language’s four major manuscripts, the Nowell Codex, (15[4])contains (15[4])a story (15[3])whose (15[2])title (15[1])character (15[1])is called (15[2])“the kindest to his people and keenest to win fame”. (15[1])Part of a poem in this language that asks (-5[1])"Where is the horse? Where is the rider? Where is the giver of treasure?” was adapted into (15[1])the Lament of the Rohirrim in (*) The Lord of the Rings. The sword Hrunting (10[2])is destroyed (10[1])when (10[1])the title (-5[1])character (10[1])of a poem (10[3])in (10[1])this language (10[3])tries to use it (-5[1])to kill (10[1])an "aglaecwif" (“ah-GLACK-weef”), who attacks Heorot (10[1])seeking revenge for the death of her son Grendel. For 10 points, (10[1])identify this language used to write Beowulf. (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

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