Both Uses of
haughty
in
Beowulf - (translated by: Ebbutt)
- Beowulf's brow flushed with anger as he replied haughtily: "Much hast thou spoken, friend Hunferth, concerning Breca and our swimming contest; but belike thou art drunken, for wrongly hast thou told the tale.†
haughtily = condescendingly (in a superior or self-important way)
- [Illustration: Beowulf replies haughtily to Hunferth] Very wroth was Hunferth over the reminder of his former wrongdoing and the implied accusation of cowardice, but he had brought it on himself by his unwise belittling of Beowulf's feat, and the applause of both Danes and Geats showed him that he dared no further attack the champion; he had to endure in silence Beowulf's boast that he and his Geats would that night await Grendel in the hall, and surprise him terribly, since the fiend had ceased to expect any resistance from the warlike Danes†
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Definition:
arrogant or condescending (acting superior or self-important)