Editing Grendel (section)

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Katherine O'Keefe (1981) has suggested that Grendel resembles a [[berserker]], because of numerous associations that seem to point to this possibility.{{sfn|O'Keefe|1981|pp=484-485}}

Sonya R. Jensen (1998) argues for an identification between Grendel and Agnar, son of Ingeld, and suggests that the tale of the first two monsters is actually the tale of Ingeld, as mentioned by [[Alcuin]] in the 790s. The tale of Agnar tells how he was cut in half by the warrior [[Bödvar Bjarki]] (''Warlike little Bear''), and how he died "with his lips separated into a smile". One major parallel between Agnar and Grendel would thus be that the monster of the poem has a name perhaps composed of a combination of the words ''gren'' and ''daelan''. The poet may be stressing to his audience that Grendel "died laughing", or that he was ''gren-dael[ed]'' or "grin-divid[ed]", after having his arm torn off at the shoulder by Beowulf, whose name means ''bee-wolf'' or ''bear''.{{sfn|Jensen|1998}} {{dubious|date=November 2024}}