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m. , _icicle_: in comp. hilde-gicel.

gid, gyd, st. n. , _speech, solemn alliterative song_: nom. sg. þǣr wæs . . .
gid oft wrecen, 1066; lēoð wæs āsungen, glēomannes gyd, _the song was sung,
the gleeman's lay_, 1161; þǣr wæs gidd and glēo, 2106; acc. sg. ic þis gid
āwræc, 1724; gyd āwræc, 2109; gyd æfter wræc, 2155; þonne hē gyd wrece,
2447; dat. pl. giddum, 151, 1119; gen. pl. gidda gemyndig, 869. --Comp. :
geōmor-, word-gid.

giddian, w. v. , _to speak, to speak in alliteration_: pret. gyddode, 631.

gif, conj. : 1) _if_, w. ind. , 442, 447, 527, 662, etc. ; gyf, 945, etc. With
subj. , 452, 594, 1482, etc. ; gyf, 280, 1105, etc. --2) _whether_, w. ind. ,
272; w. subj. , 1141, 1320.

gifa, geofa, w. m. , _giver_; in comp. gold-, sinc-, wil-gifa (-geofa).

gifan, st. v. , _to give_: inf. giofan, 2973; pret. sg. nallas bēagas geaf
Denum, 1720; hē mē [māðmas] geaf, 2147; and similarly, 2174, 2432, 2624,
etc. ; pret. pl. gēafon (hyne) on gārsecg, 49; pret. part. þā wæs Hrōðgāre
here-spēd gyfen, 64; þā wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince . . . on hand gyfen,
1679; syððan ǣrest wearð gyfen . . . geongum cempan (_given in marriage_),
1949.

ā-gifan, _to give, to impart_: inf. andsware . . . āgifan, _to give an
answer_, 355; pret. sg. sōna him se frōda fæder Ōhtheres . . . ondslyht āgeaf
(_gave him a counter-blow_), (_hand-blow_? ), 2930.

for-gyfan, _to give, to grant_: pret. sg. him þæs līf-frēa . . . worold-āre
forgeaf, 17; þǣm tō hām forgeaf Hrēðel Gēata āngan dōhtor (_gave in
marriage_), 374; similarly, 2998; hē mē lond forgeaf, _granted me land_,
2493; similarly, 697, 1021, 2607, 2617; mægen-rǣs forgeaf hilde-bille, _he
gave with his battle-sword a mighty blow_, i. e. he struck with full force,
1520.

of-gifan, (_to give up_), _to leave_: inf. þæt se mǣra maga Ecgþēowes
grund-wong þone ofgyfan wolde (_was fated to leave the earth-plain_), 2589;
pret. sg. þās worold ofgeaf gromheort guma, 1682; similarly, gumdrēam
ofgeaf, 2470; Dena land ofgeaf, 1905; pret. pl. næs ofgēafon hwate
Scyldingas, _left the promontory_, 1601; þæt þā hildlatan holt ofgēfan,
_that the cowards left the wood_ (into which they had fled), 2847; sg.
pret. for pl. þāra þe þis [līf] ofgeaf, 2252.

gifeðe, adj. , _given, granted_: Gūðfremmendra swylcum gifeðe bið þæt. . . ,
_to such a warrior is it granted that_. . . , 299; similarly, 2682; swā mē
gifeðe wæs, 2492; þǣr mē gifeðe swā ǣnig yrfeweard æfter wurde, _if an
heir_, (living) _after me, had been given me_, 2731. --Neut. as subst. : wæs
þæt gifeðe tō swīð, þē þone [þēoden] þyder ontyhte, _the fate was too harsh
that has drawn hither the king_, 3086; gyfeðe, 555, 820. --Comp. un-gifeðe.

gif-heal, st. f. , _hall in which fiefs were bestowed, throne-hall_: acc.
sg. ymb þā gifhealle, 839.

gif-sceat, st. m. , _gift of value_: acc. pl. gif-sceattas, 378.

gif-stōl, st. m. , _seat from which fiefs are granted, throne_: nom. sg. ,
2328; acc. sg. , 168.

gift, st. f. , _gift, present_: in comp. feoh-gift.

gifu, geofu, st. f. , _gift, present, grant; fief_: nom. sg. gifu, 1885 acc.
sg. gimfæste gife þē him god sealde, _the great gift that God had granted
him_ (i. e. the enormous strength), 1272; ginfæstan gife þē him god sealde,
2183; dat. pl. (as instr. ) geofum, 1959; gen. pl. gifa, 1931; geofena,
1174. --Comp. : māððum-, sinc-gifu.

gīgant, st. m. , _giant_: nom. pl. gīgantas, 113; gen. pl. gīganta, 1563,
1691.

gild, gyld, st. n. , _reparation_: in comp. wiðer-gyld(? ).

gildan, gyldan, st. v. , _to do something in return, to repay, to reward, to
pay_: inf. gomban gyldan, _pay tribute_, 11; hē mid gōde gyldan wille
uncran eaferan, 1185; wē him þā gūðgeatwa gyldan woldon, 2637; pret. sg.
heaðorǣsas geald mēarum and māðmum, _repaid the battles with horses and
treasures_, 1048; similarly, 2492; geald þone gūðrǣs . . . Jofore and Wulfe
mid ofermāðmum, _repaid Eofor and Wulf the battle with exceedingly great
treasures_, 2992.

an-gildan, _to pay for_: pret. sg. sum sāre angeald ǣfenræste, _one_
(Æschere) _paid for the evening-rest with death's pain_, 1252.

ā-gildan, _to offer one's self_: pret. sg. þā mē sǣl āgeald, _when the
favorable opportunity offered itself_, 1666; similarly, þā him rūm āgeald,
2691.

for-gildan, _to repay, to do something in return, to reward_: pres. subj.
sg. III. alwalda þec gōde forgylde, _may the ruler of all reward thee with
good_, 957; inf. þone ǣnne heht golde forgyldan, _he ordered that the one_
(killed by Grendel) _be paid for_ (atoned for) _with gold_, 1055; hē . . .
wolde Grendle for-gyldan gūðrǣsa fela, _wished to pay Grendel for many
attacks_, 1578; wolde se lāða līge forgyldan drinc-fæt dȳre, _the enemy
wished to repay with fire the costly drinking vessel_ (the theft of it),
2306; pret. sg. hē him þæs lēan forgeald, _he gave them the reward
therefore_, 114; similarly, 1542, 1585, 2095; forgeald hraðe wyrsan wrixle
wælhlem þone, _repaid the murderous blow with a worse exchange_, 2969.

gilp, gylp, st. m. , _speech in which one promises great things for himself
in a coming combat, defiant speech, boasting speech_: acc. sg. hæfde . . .
Gēat-mecga lēod gilp gelǣsted (_had fulfilled what he had claimed for
himself before the battle_), 830; nallas on gylp seleð fǣtte bēagas, _gives
no chased gold rings for a boastful speech_, 1750; þæt ic wið þone
gūðflogan gylp ofersitte, _restrain myself from the speech of defiance_,
2529; dat. sg. gylpe wiðgrīpan (_fulfil my promise of battle_),
2522. --Comp. dol-gilp.

gilpan, gylpan, st. v. w. gen. , acc. , and dat. , _to make a defiant speech,
to boast, to exult insolently_: pres. sg. I. nō ic þæs gilpe (after a break
in the text), 587; sg. III. morðres gylpeð, _boasts of the murder_, 2056;
inf. swā ne gylpan þearf Grendles maga ǣnig . . .
ūhthlem þone, 2007; nealles
folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte, _had no need to boast of his
fellow-warrior_, 2875; pret. sg. hrēðsigora ne gealp goldwine Gēata, _did
not exult at the glorious victory_ (could not gain the victory over the
drake), 2584.

gilp-cwide, st. m. , _speech in which a man promises much for himself for a
coming combat, speech of defiance_: nom. sg. , 641.

gilp-hlæden, pret. part. , _laden with boasts of defiance_ (i. e. he who has
made many such boasts, and consequently has been victorious in many
combats), _covered with glory_: nom. sg. guma gilp-hlæden, 869.

gilp-sprǣc, same as gilp-cwide, _speech of defiance, boastful speech_: dat.
sg. on gylp-sprǣce, 982.

gilp-word, st. n. , _defiant word before the coming combat, vaunting word_:
gen. pl. gespræc . . . gylp-worda sum, 676.

gim, st. m. , _gem, precious stone, jewel_: nom. sg. heofones gim, _heaven's
jewel_, i. e. the sun, 2073. Comp. searo-gim.

gimme-rīce, adj. , _rich in jewels_: acc. sg. gimme-rīce hord-burh hæleða,
466.

gin (according to Bout. , ginne), adj. , properly _gaping_, hence, _wide,
extended_: acc. sg. gynne grund (_the bottom of the sea_), 1552.

gin-fæst, adj. , _extensive, rich_: acc. sg. gim-fæste gife (gim-, on
account of the following _f_), 1272; in weak form, gin-fæstan gife, 2183.

ginnan, st. v. , original meaning, _to be open, ready_; in

on-ginnan, _to begin, to undertake_: pret. oð þæt ān ongan fyrene fremman
fēond on helle, 100; secg eft ongan sīð Bēowulfes snyttrum styrian, 872; þā
þæt sweord ongan . . . wanian, _the sword began to diminish_, 1606; Higelāc
ongan sīnne geseldan . . . fægre fricgean, _began with propriety to question
his companion_, 1984, etc. ; ongon, 2791; pret. pl. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman
ongunnon lindhæbbende, _no shield-bearing men e'er undertook more openly to
come hither_, 244; pret. part. hæbbe ic mǣrða fela ongunnen on geogoðe,
_have in my youth undertaken many deeds of renown_, 409.

gist. See gæst.

gistran, adv. , _yesterday_: gystran niht, _yesterday night_, 1335.

git, pron. , _ye two_, dual of þū, 508, 512, 513, etc.

gīt, gȳt, adv. , _yet; then still_, 536, 1128, 1165, 2142; _hitherto_, 957;
nǣfre gīt, _never yet_, 583; _still_, 945, 1059, 1135; _once more_, 2513;
_moreover_, 47, 1051, 1867.

gitan (original meaning, _to take hold of, to seize, to attain_), in

be-gitan, w. acc. , _to grasp, to seize, to reach_: pret. sg. begeat, 1147,
2231; þā hine wīg beget, _when war seized him, came upon him_, 2873;
similarly, begeat, 1069; pret. pl. hit ǣr on þē gōde be-geāton, _good men
received it formerly from thee_, 2250; subj. sg. for pl. þæt wæs Hrōðgāre
hrēowa tornost þāra þe lēodfruman lange begeāte, _the bitterest of the
troubles that for a long time had befallen the people's chief_, 2131.

for-gitan, w. acc. , _to forget_: pres. sg. III. hē þā forðgesceaft forgyteð
and forgȳmeð, 1752.

an-gitan, on-gitan, w. acc. : 1) _to take hold of, to grasp_: imp. sg.
gumcyste ongit, _lay hold of manly virtue, of what becomes the man_, 1724;
pret. sg. þē hine se brōga angeat, _whom terror seized_, 1292. --2) _to
grasp intellectually, to comprehend, to perceive, to distinguish, to
behold_: pres. subj. I. þæt ic ǣrwelan . . . ongite, _that I may behold the
ancient wealth_ (the treasures of the drake's cave), 2749; inf. sæl timbred
. . . ongytan, 308, 1497; Gēata clifu ongitan, 1912; pret. sg. fyren-þearfe
ongeat, _had perceived their distress from hostile snares_, 14; ongeat . . .
grund-wyrgenne, _beheld the she-wolf of the bottom_, 1519; pret. pl.
bearhtm ongeāton, gūðhorn galan, _perceived the noise_, (heard) _the
battle-trumpet sound_, 1432; syððan hīe Hygelāces horn and bȳman gealdor
ongeāton, 2945.

gīfre, adj. , _greedy, eager_: nom. sg. gīfre and galgmōd, of Grendel's
mother, 1278. --Superl. : līg. . . , gǣsta gīfrost, 1124. --Comp. heoro-gīfre.

gītsian, w. v. , _to be greedy_: pres. sg. III. gȳtsað, 1750.

gio-, giō-. see geo-, geō-.

gladian, w. v. , _to gleam, to shimmer_: pres. pl. III. on him gladiað
gomelra lāfe, _upon him gleams the legacy of the men of ancient times_
(armor), 2037.

glæd, adj. , _gracious, friendly_ (as a form of address for princes): nom.
sg. bēo wið Gēatas glæd, 1174; acc. sg. glædne Hrōðgār, 864; glædne
Hrōðulf, 1182; dat. sg. gladum suna Frōdan, 2026.

glæde, adv. , _in a gracious, friendly way_, 58.

glædnian, w. v. , _to rejoice_: inf. w. gen. , 367.

glæd-mōd, adj. , _joyous, glad_, 1786.

glēd, st. f. , _fire, flame_: nom. sg. , 2653, 3115; dat. (instr. ) pl.
glēdum, 2313, 2336, 2678, 3042.

glēd-egesa, w. m. , _terror on account of fire, fire-terror_: nom. sg.
glēd-egesa grim (_the fire-spewing of the drake_), 2651.

glēaw (Goth, glaggwu-s), adj. , _considerate, well-bred_, of social conduct;
in comp. un-glēaw.

glēo, st. n. , _social entertainment_, (especially by music, play, and
jest): nom. sg. þǣr wæs gidd and glēo, 2106.

glēo-bēam, st. m. , _(tree of social entertainment, of music), harp. _ gen.
sg. glēo-bēames, 2264.

glēo-drēam, st. _m. , joyous carrying-on in social entertainment, mirth,
social gaiety_: acc. sg. gamen and glēo-drēam, 3022.

glēo-man, m. , _(gleeman, who enlivens the social entertainment, especially
with music), harper_: gen. sg. glēomannes gyd, 1161.

glitinian (O. H. G. glizinōn), w. v. , _to gleam, to light, to glitter_: inf.
geseah þā . . . gold glitinian, 2759.