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Print the puzzle itself and fill it in off-screen. The answers to many clues can be found in the 'Beowulf to Buzzwords' project.

 

Across

2. A useful reference book to use with this website
8. The hero who killed two monsters in an Old English poem
10. "To -- or not to --, that is the question" (Hamlet by Shakespeare)
11. Part of the body with a silent 'k'
13. Over 320 million people across the world learn to speak ------- as their first language or 'mother tongue'
15. A thousand years ago they spoke --- English
18. A small flying insect beginning with a silent 'g'
20. Chaucer wrote in ------ English
21. The French for 'no'
23. In 1066 the ------ invasion of England took place
25. This language was spoken in churches for centuries: -----
28. Slang word for food ----
29. An old word for 'you', for example "Shall I compare ---- to a summer's day?" Sonnet by W. Shakespeare
30. This man may wear armour and always has a silent 'k'
31. Use a wand to cast a ----- (or use a dictionary to help you -----)

Down

1. William Tyndale was the first to print the ----- in English in 1525
3. A tiny bit of bread, spelt with a silent 'b'
4. The ending of a word such as 'jumped' (or 'jumps') is called an ----------
5. The part of a fountain pen that touches the paper
6. 'Pets' written backwards
7. Long words used to show how clever one is used to be called i-k---n terms
9. Speaking work in English or another language in school is called ---- work
12. A way of speaking English with different words and grammar
14. What reward was Beowulf promised if he killed the monster's mother?
16. Beowulf helped the ------ king (his nationality)
17. Many words were borrowed from this language during the Middle Ages
19. The short form of ante meridian
22. This language is older than Latin. You may know some ----- myths
24. Short for anno domini
25. 'The End' are often the ---- words of a story
26. 'Alice -- Wonderland'
27. If you blend 'not' and 'one' you can make ----

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