In Beowulf, what are some examples of kennings and personification?

Anglo-Saxon
poems like
are riddled with kennings, and they add to the richthat is used
to describe
the adventures of their epic heroes like Beowulf. Kennings are a descriptive
phrase
or compound word that replaces a noun; a noun phrase which describes a
well-known, familiar noun
in a new and more descriptive way. They
are typically (but not always) two word phrases which
give specific
information about the qualities and characteristics of the noun the phrase

replaces.

Acan be almost like a puzzle or riddle, because its purpose
is to
show the item in an unusual way.

Kennings are often
used in
Beowulf to describe the hero as well as the
supernatural opponents that he
faces. Kennings used to describe Beowulf
include the Geats ring-giver, mighty protector of men,
or the Prince of the
Geats. Grendel is described as the Midnight Stalker, sin-stained demon, or

the Almighty's enemy. By using such powerful language, the poet not only refers to a
character
in a new and...