killer-guest Grendel. The poet ironically plays with the theme of hospitality.
King of Glory God, not Hrothgar.
kingdom of waters here, simply a reference to the mere and the ogres' hideaway.
kinsman of Hemming here, a reference to Offa.
Lapps inhabitants of northern Scandinavia and Finland. The Anglo-Saxon is "Finna land" (580).
Life-lord God.
lineage ancestry, background, heritage.
the lord of those rings Beowulf, with a reference to the rings that form his mail-shirt.
the lord who had killed their own ring-giver an apparent reference to Finn, although it is not clear whether he personally does the killing or even if treachery is involved.
