But yes, the Dover Thrift is a translation from 1922 by R. K. Gordon. It's unnecessarily archaic and difficult. One can retain the feel, flavor, voice of an old piece and not make its reading a chore. This is a popular story. It should flow and have rhythm and be a story.

He eats a guy in like two seconds. His arm is big. I'm sure I read that somewhere. Took extra men to carry parts of Grendel. He's big. He's also Jotun. They usually have powers or are giants.