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Beowulf question: Who defeated Beowulf in the swimming match? Breca ... Who was beowulf rival in the swimming match? Who was beowulfs rival in the swimming match? Who was Bewoulf's rival in the swimming match? Who defeated Beowulf in a swimming match in his youth? Beowulf survived a challenging swimming feat with who?
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[This excellent novel offers a mix of historical fiction and fantasy in its complete retelling of Beowulf's life story, which is set against the backdrop of Norse gods competing against an ever-expanding Christian presence.
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Unferth, Ecglaf's son and one of Hrothgar's courtiers, jealous of Beowulf's renowned bravery and fame, accuses Beowulf of vanity and boastful pride. He tells of a dangerous swimming match Beowulf had with his friend and companion, Brecca.
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Hrothgar's thyle or spokesman who first taunts Beowulf for his defeat by Breca in a swimming match, and later lends his sword to Beowulf when the latter goes in search of Grendle's dam.
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The epic describes the leg-endary; Geatish hero Beowulf and his three great battles against supernatural monsters. Beowulf is acclaimed as one of the finest examples of heroic poetry in the English language and as an inspiring tale of courage.
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In chapter 8 (500-529), for example, Unferth rants against the deeds of Beowulf, claiming not only that Beowulf's swimming/monster-slaying match with his childhood friend Brecca was foolhardy (which few would doubt) but also that Brecca bested Beowulf &emdash; an assertion that Unferth in no way supports (through naming...
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Some of them remembered tales of a swimming match — a duel of some sort — between Beowulf and a rival. There were vague rumors of how Beowulf had swum the whale-road to prove his manhood, how he had fought and killed many beasts of the deep upon the waters.
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Historical Value.--Now, with one brilliant exceptionthe story of the swimming-match, ... There is, as we shall see afterwards, some ground for believing that there were circulated in England two rival poetic versions of the story of the encounters with supernatural beings: the one referring them to Beowulf the Dane,
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A courtier in King Hrothgar's court, he's jealous of Beowulf, and drunkenly accuses the young hero of foolishly risking his life in a swimming match with Brecca years before. He's anxious to dent Beowulf's self-confidence, and tells the hero that his luck will change when he goes up against Grendel.
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