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Either Beowulf or the poet recording his life in this poem is a terrible journalist. But one maybe both are fantastic storytellers. After all, the poet left out Hondscio and his being eaten whole while the Geats looked on and Beowulf thought it best to include that detail.
Perhaps Beowulf wanted to punch the story up a little bit. Beowulf names one of his otherwise nameless retinue here. And Hygelac says nothing. Which just confuses things further.
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Maybe this is why Beowulf was included along with the other strange and monstrous writings in the Nowell Codex. The events and characters of the poem are monstrous, but the things left out are even more so. I mean, Beowulf is reporting to the man who is his social superior. If Hygelac had some questions, Beowulf would be silenced while those questions were asked and addressed.
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Even so, the use of this word as a plural makes me think. Is the poet humanizing Grendel again? At the very least, he is acknowledged as another warrior, rather than just as some crazed beast.