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after – после

banquet hall – чертог

bitter enemy – злейший враг

determination – решительность

devour – пожирать

feast – пиршество

god – бог, божество

hatred – ненависть

joyous – радостный

noise – шум

powerful – сильный, мощный, могущественный

shout – крик

thanes – таны

throne – трон

warrior – воин

Grendel was pained by the noise. He did not like people and he did not like the merry life in the banquet hall. Grendel was one of mankind's most bitter enemies; his hatred of the joyous shouts from Heorot, and his determination to stop the feasting grew on. One night he went to the hall to see what the king and his men did there. The door was open and he saw a company of thanes and warriors sitting at the tables or lying on the floor, and all of them were asleep after the feast. Grendel attacked the hall and killed and devoured thirty of Hrothgar's warriors while they were sleeping. But Grendel did not touch the throne of Hrothgar, for it was protected by a powerful god.