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Beowulfiana

Beowulfiana noun: scholarly work treating the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.

Noun

Beowulfiana (uncountable)

  1. Scholarly work treating the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
    • But I have read enough, I think, to venture an opinion that Beowulfiana is, while rich in many departments, specially poor in one.1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 1
    • The experts in Beowulfiana are seldom concerned with such judgements.1963, James R. Kreuzer and Lee Cogan, Modern Writings on Major English Authors, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 3

Origin of Beowulfiana

From Beowulf + -iana.

Questions about Beowulfiana

What does Beowulfiana mean?
Beowulfiana means scholarly work treating the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
What part of speech is Beowulfiana?
Beowulfiana is a noun.

Words near Beowulfiana in the dictionary

  1. beour
  2. Beowulf
  3. Beowulf cluster
  4. Beowulf clusters
  5. Beowulfian
  6. Beowulfiana
  7. Beowulfs
  8. BEP
  9. bepafant
  10. bepaint
  11. bepainted

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