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Examples
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Burbling just beyond him was a spot already identified as a grendel hole.
Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995
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He blinked and the grendel was a hundred meters closer, nearly atop him.
Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995
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The tail of the line moved; the wave moved forward; the grendel was a hundred meters distant and watching curiously.
The Legacy of Heorot Niven, Larry 1987
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The "grendel" sat up, and a stocky, muscular Japanese boy of about seventeen Earth years climbed out of its hollow belly.
Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995
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They'd seen every kind of grendel, and he was far too close to believing in this one, too.
Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995
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There was this about the weirds: no other grendel, no other kind of grendel had studied them like she had.
Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995
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"I seem to be looking at some kind of grendel social interaction," Justin said.
Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995
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"Well, however it got there, the whole area has to be reclassified as grendel country.
Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995
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Some people call them grendel or shoepic or choupic.
Anyone ever eat Bowfin? Some people call them grendel or shoepic or choupic. 2009
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Some people call them grendel or shoepic or choupic.
Anyone ever eat Bowfin? Some people call them grendel or shoepic or choupic. 2009
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