How is Christ denoted the hero in "The Dream of the Rood"? What stated qualities mark him as a hero?

1. How is Christ denoted the hero in "The Dream of the Rood"? What stated qualities mark him as a hero?
There are several lines in the poem, The Dream of the Rood, that denotes Christ Jesus as a hero. The personified tree remembers clearly the events that took place at Calvary. He (the tree/cross) was seized from his stump and created to be the cross that would bear the weight our Savior Jesus Christ for six long hours. Before the crucifiction, however, Christ would be the one who to bear the weight of the Cross, dragging up the hill to where He would be crucified. The Cross remembers wel…