Grendel

According to the Old English Dictionary:

Grendel

Add: The form Grendel occurs several times in place-names :-- On Grendles mere (in Wilts.), C. D. B. ii. 364, 11. In Grendelsmere; of Grendelsmere (in Staffs.), iii. 223, 29. Tó Grendeles gatan, 605, 14. On Grendeles pyt; of Grendeles pytte, 667, 5. The forms Grindel, Gryndel also occur :-- Of Grindeles pytt ... on Grindeles pytt, C. D. B. i. 176, 27-177, 1. Of Grindles bece, iii. 588, 22. Tó Gryndeles syllen; from Gryndeles sylle, 189, 25. Grimm connects Grendel with grindel (q.v.). See Grmm. D. M. (trans.) p. 243. grendel