This is a passage from the part of the poem where Beowulf battles the dragon. Beowulf never stopped fighting even though he was easily overmatched by this dragon due to his age and ailing health. The scope goes on to say .
"And Beowulf drew/ His battle-sharp dagger: the blood-stained old king/ Still knew what he was doing. Quickly, he cut/ The beast in half, slit it apart/ It fell, there courage had killed it"(2702-2706). .
Beowulf proves his loyalty to his people here by fighting for what he believed in, the safety of his people, till his death.
In The Dream of the Rood, the Cross displays an abundance of loyalty to Christ throughout the entire crucifixion. The Cross states .
"I quivered when the hero clasped me,/ yet I dared not bow to the ground,/ fall to the earth. I had to stand firm./ A rood I was raised up; I boar aloft the mighty King,/ the Lord of Heaven. I dared not stoop"(44-48). .
The Cross faced the burden of holding up a full grown man on his limbs yet he refused to break and make Christ look foolish to the crowd. The Cross instead gloriously held up Christ for all to see. Even when he was inflicted with similar wounds that Christ was also receiving, he did not give way. The Cross pronounced:.
"They drove nails into me; dire wounds are there to see,/ the gaping gashes of malice; I dared not injure them,/ They insulted us both together, I was drenched in the blood/ that streamed from the Man's side after He set His spirit free,/ On that hill I endured many grievous trials"(49-53).
The Cross stood firm through the entire ordeal, and never cursed upon Christ for the situation he was in. He shouted praises to him and kept his faith alive despite what they were going through. The Cross loyally stood by his beliefs and by his Lord. .
Another attribute that was commonly expressed in Old English writings is heroism. To be a hero in those days was to be a winner. A hero was one who was always victorious in battles and was not afraid to boast about it.