--_zealously, eagerly_: sōhte georne æfter grunde,
_eagerly searched over the ground_, 2295.
_eagerly searched over the ground_, 2295.
Beowulf
galdre
bewunden (_placed under a spell_), 3053.
gealga, w. m. , _gallows_: dat. sg. þæt his byre rīde giong on galgan, 2447.
gealg-mōd, adj. , _gloomy_: nom. sg. gīfre and galgmōd, 1278.
gealg-trēow, st. n. , _gallows_: dat. pl. on galg-trēowu[m], 2941.
geard, st. m. , _residence_; in Bēowulf corresponding to the house-complex
of a prince's residence, used only in the plur. : acc. in geardas (_in
Finn's castle_), 1135; dat. in geardum, 13, 2460; of geardum, 1139; ǣr hē
on weg hwurfe . . . of geardum, _before he went away from his
dwelling-place_, i. e. died, 265. --Comp. middan-geard.
gearo, adj. , properly, _made, prepared_; hence, _ready, finished,
equipped_: nom. sg. þæt hit wearð eal gearo, heal-ærna mǣst, 77; wiht
unhǣlo . . . gearo sōna wæs, _the demon of destruction was quickly ready, did
not delay long_, 121; Here-Scyldinga betst beadorinca wæs on bǣl gearu,
_was ready for the funeral-pile_ (for the solemn burning), 1110; þēod (is)
eal gearo, _the warriors are altogether ready, always prepared_, 1231;
hraðe wæs æt holme hȳð-weard gearo (geara, MS. ), 1915; gearo gūð-freca,
2415; sīe sīo bǣr gearo ǣdre geæfned, _let the bier be made ready at once_,
3106. With gen. : gearo gyrnwræce, _ready for revenge for harm done_, 2119,
acc. sg. gearwe stōwe, 1007; nom. pl. beornas gearwe, 211; similarly, 1814.
gearwe, gearo, geare, adv. , _completely, entirely_: nē gē . . . gearwe ne
wisson, _you do not know at all_ . . . , 246; similarly, 879; hine gearwe
geman witena welhwyle (_remembers him very well_), 265; wisse hē gearwe þæt
. . . , _he knew very well that_ . . . , 2340, 2726; þæt ic . . . gearo scēawige
swegle searogimmas (_that I may see the treasures altogether, as many as
they are_), 2749; ic wāt geare þæt . . . , 2657. --Comp. gearwor, _more
readily, rather_, 3077. --Superl. gearwost, 716.
gearo-folm, adj. , _with ready hand_, 2086.
gearwe, st. f. , _equipment, dress_; in comp. feðer-gearwe.
geat, st. n. , _opening, door_; in comp. ben-, hilde-geat.
geato-līc, adj. , _well prepared, handsome, splendid_: of sword and armor,
215, 1563, 2155; of Heorot, 308. Adv. : wīsa fengel geatolīc gengde, _passed
on in a stately manner_, 1402.
geatwe, st. f. pl. , _equipment, adornment_: acc. recedes geatwa, _the
ornaments of the dragon's cave_ (its treasures), 3089. --Comp. : ēored-,
gryre-, gūð-, hilde-, wīg-geatwe.
gēan (from gegn), adv. in
on-gēan, adv. and prep. , _against, towards_: þæt hē mē ongēan slēa, 682;
rǣhte ongēan fēond mid folme, 748; foran ongēan, _forward towards_, 2365.
With dat. : ongēan gramum, _against the enemy_, 1035.
tō-gēanes, tō-genes, prep, _against, towards_: Grendle tōgēanes, _towards
Grendel, against Grendel_, 667; grāp þā tōgēanes, _she grasped at_
(Bēowulf), 1502; similarly, him tōgēanes fēng, 1543; ēodon him þā tōgēanes,
_went towards him_, 1627; hēt þā gebēodan . . . þæt hīe bǣl-wudu feorran
feredon gōdum tōgēnes, _had it ordered that they should bring the wood from
far for the funeral-pyre towards the good man_ (i. e. to the place where the
dead Bēowulf lay), 3115.
gēap, adj. , _roomy, extensive, wide_: nom. sg. reced . . . gēap, _the roomy
hall_, 1801; acc. sg. under gēapne hrōf, 837. --Comp. : horn-, sǣ-gēap.
geār, st. n. , _year_: nom. sg. , 1135; gen. pl. geāra, in adverbial sense,
olim, _in former times_, 2665. See un-geāra.
geār-dagas, st. m. pl. , _former days_: dat. pl. in (on) geār-dagum, 1,
1355.
geofe. See gifu.
geofon, gifen, gyfen (see Kuhn Zeitschr. I. 137), st. n. , _sea, flood_:
nom. sg. geofon, 515; gifen gēotende, _the streaming flood_, 1691; gen. sg.
geofenes begang, 362; gyfenes, 1395.
geogoð, st. f. : 1) _youth, time of youth_: dat. sg. on geogoðe, 409, 466,
2513; on giogoðe, 2427; gen. gioguðe, 2113. --2) contrasted with duguð, _the
younger warriors of lower rank_ (about as in the Middle Ages, the squires
with the knights): nom. sg. geogoð, 66; giogoð, 1191; acc. sg. geogoðe,
1182; gen. duguðe and geogoðe, 160; duguðe and iogoðe (geogoðe), 1675, 622.
geoguð-feorh, st. n. , _age of youth_, i. e. age in which one still belongs
in the ranks of the geogoð: on geogoð- (geoguð-) fēore, 537, 2665.
geohðo. See gehðo.
geolo, adj. , _yellow_: acc. sg. geolwe linde (_the shield of yellow linden
bark_), 2611.
geolo-rand, st. m. , _yellow shield_ (shield with a covering of interlaced
yellow linden bark): acc. sg. , 438.
geond, prep. w. acc. , _through, throughout, along, over_: geond þisne
middangeard, _through the earth, over the earth_, 75; wide geond eorðan,
266, 3100; fērdon folctogan . . . geond wīd-wegas, _went along the ways
coming from afar_, 841; similarly, 1705; geond þæt sæld, _through the hall,
through the extent of the hall_, 1281; similarly, 1982, 2265.
geong, adj. , _young, youthful_: nom. sg. , 13, 20, 855, etc. ; giong, 2447;
w. m. se maga geonga, 2676; acc. sg. geongne gūðcyning, 1970; dat. sg.
geongum, 1949, 2045, 2675, etc. ; on swā geongum feore, _at a so youthful
age_, 1844; geongan cempan, 2627; acc. pl. geonge, 2019; dat. pl. geongum
and ealdum, 72. --Superl. gingest, _the last_: nom. sg. w. f. gingeste word,
2818.
georn, adj. , _striving, eager_, w. gen. of the thing striven for: eft sīðes
georn, 2784. --Comp. lof-georn.
georne, adv. , _readily, willingly_: þæt him wine-māgas georne hȳrdon, 66;
georne truwode, 670.
--_zealously, eagerly_: sōhte georne æfter grunde,
_eagerly searched over the ground_, 2295. --_carefully, industriously_: nō
ic him þæs georne ætfealh (_held him not fast enough_), 969. --_completely,
exactly_: comp. wiste þē geornor, 822.
geō, iū, adv. , _once, formerly, earlier_, 1477; giō, 2522; iū, 2460.
gēoc, st. f. , _help, support_: acc. sg. gēoce gefremman, 2675; þæt him
gāst-bona gēoce gefremede wið þēod-þrēaum, 177; gēoce gelȳfde, _believed
in the help_ (of Bēowulf), 609; dat. sg. tō gēoce, 1835.
gēocor, adj. , _ill, bad_: nom. sg. , 766. --See Haupt's Zeitschrift 8, p. 7.
geō-man, iū-man, st. m. , _man of former times_: gen. pl. iū-manna, 3053.
geō-meowle, w. f. , (_formerly a virgin), wife_: acc. sg. īo-meowlan, 2932.
geōmor, adj. , _with depressed feelings, sad, troubled_: nom. sg. him wæs
geōmor sefa, 49, 2420, 2633, 2951; mōdes geōmor, 2101; fem. þæt wæs geōmuru
ides, 1076.
geōmore, adv. , _sadly_, 151.
geōmor-gid, st. n. , _dirge_: acc. sg. giōmor-gyd, 3151.
geōmor-līc, adj. , _sad, painful_: swā bið geōmorlīc gomelum ceorle tō
gebīdanne þæt. . . , _it is painful to an old man to experience it, that . . . _,
2445.
geōmor-mōd, adj. , _sad, sorrowful_: nom. sg. , 2045, 3019; giōmor-mōd, 2268.
geōmrian, w. v. , _to complain, to lament_: pret. sg. geōmrode giddum, 1119.
geō-sceaft, st. f. , (_fixed in past times), fate_: acc. sg. geōsceaft
grimme, 1235.
geōsceaft-gāst, st. m. , _demon sent by fate_: gen. pl. fela
geōsceaft-gāsta, of Grendel and his race, 1267.
gēotan, st. v. intrans. , _to pour, to flow, to stream_: pres. part. gifen
gēotende, 1691.
gicel, st. 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.
bewunden (_placed under a spell_), 3053.
gealga, w. m. , _gallows_: dat. sg. þæt his byre rīde giong on galgan, 2447.
gealg-mōd, adj. , _gloomy_: nom. sg. gīfre and galgmōd, 1278.
gealg-trēow, st. n. , _gallows_: dat. pl. on galg-trēowu[m], 2941.
geard, st. m. , _residence_; in Bēowulf corresponding to the house-complex
of a prince's residence, used only in the plur. : acc. in geardas (_in
Finn's castle_), 1135; dat. in geardum, 13, 2460; of geardum, 1139; ǣr hē
on weg hwurfe . . . of geardum, _before he went away from his
dwelling-place_, i. e. died, 265. --Comp. middan-geard.
gearo, adj. , properly, _made, prepared_; hence, _ready, finished,
equipped_: nom. sg. þæt hit wearð eal gearo, heal-ærna mǣst, 77; wiht
unhǣlo . . . gearo sōna wæs, _the demon of destruction was quickly ready, did
not delay long_, 121; Here-Scyldinga betst beadorinca wæs on bǣl gearu,
_was ready for the funeral-pile_ (for the solemn burning), 1110; þēod (is)
eal gearo, _the warriors are altogether ready, always prepared_, 1231;
hraðe wæs æt holme hȳð-weard gearo (geara, MS. ), 1915; gearo gūð-freca,
2415; sīe sīo bǣr gearo ǣdre geæfned, _let the bier be made ready at once_,
3106. With gen. : gearo gyrnwræce, _ready for revenge for harm done_, 2119,
acc. sg. gearwe stōwe, 1007; nom. pl. beornas gearwe, 211; similarly, 1814.
gearwe, gearo, geare, adv. , _completely, entirely_: nē gē . . . gearwe ne
wisson, _you do not know at all_ . . . , 246; similarly, 879; hine gearwe
geman witena welhwyle (_remembers him very well_), 265; wisse hē gearwe þæt
. . . , _he knew very well that_ . . . , 2340, 2726; þæt ic . . . gearo scēawige
swegle searogimmas (_that I may see the treasures altogether, as many as
they are_), 2749; ic wāt geare þæt . . . , 2657. --Comp. gearwor, _more
readily, rather_, 3077. --Superl. gearwost, 716.
gearo-folm, adj. , _with ready hand_, 2086.
gearwe, st. f. , _equipment, dress_; in comp. feðer-gearwe.
geat, st. n. , _opening, door_; in comp. ben-, hilde-geat.
geato-līc, adj. , _well prepared, handsome, splendid_: of sword and armor,
215, 1563, 2155; of Heorot, 308. Adv. : wīsa fengel geatolīc gengde, _passed
on in a stately manner_, 1402.
geatwe, st. f. pl. , _equipment, adornment_: acc. recedes geatwa, _the
ornaments of the dragon's cave_ (its treasures), 3089. --Comp. : ēored-,
gryre-, gūð-, hilde-, wīg-geatwe.
gēan (from gegn), adv. in
on-gēan, adv. and prep. , _against, towards_: þæt hē mē ongēan slēa, 682;
rǣhte ongēan fēond mid folme, 748; foran ongēan, _forward towards_, 2365.
With dat. : ongēan gramum, _against the enemy_, 1035.
tō-gēanes, tō-genes, prep, _against, towards_: Grendle tōgēanes, _towards
Grendel, against Grendel_, 667; grāp þā tōgēanes, _she grasped at_
(Bēowulf), 1502; similarly, him tōgēanes fēng, 1543; ēodon him þā tōgēanes,
_went towards him_, 1627; hēt þā gebēodan . . . þæt hīe bǣl-wudu feorran
feredon gōdum tōgēnes, _had it ordered that they should bring the wood from
far for the funeral-pyre towards the good man_ (i. e. to the place where the
dead Bēowulf lay), 3115.
gēap, adj. , _roomy, extensive, wide_: nom. sg. reced . . . gēap, _the roomy
hall_, 1801; acc. sg. under gēapne hrōf, 837. --Comp. : horn-, sǣ-gēap.
geār, st. n. , _year_: nom. sg. , 1135; gen. pl. geāra, in adverbial sense,
olim, _in former times_, 2665. See un-geāra.
geār-dagas, st. m. pl. , _former days_: dat. pl. in (on) geār-dagum, 1,
1355.
geofe. See gifu.
geofon, gifen, gyfen (see Kuhn Zeitschr. I. 137), st. n. , _sea, flood_:
nom. sg. geofon, 515; gifen gēotende, _the streaming flood_, 1691; gen. sg.
geofenes begang, 362; gyfenes, 1395.
geogoð, st. f. : 1) _youth, time of youth_: dat. sg. on geogoðe, 409, 466,
2513; on giogoðe, 2427; gen. gioguðe, 2113. --2) contrasted with duguð, _the
younger warriors of lower rank_ (about as in the Middle Ages, the squires
with the knights): nom. sg. geogoð, 66; giogoð, 1191; acc. sg. geogoðe,
1182; gen. duguðe and geogoðe, 160; duguðe and iogoðe (geogoðe), 1675, 622.
geoguð-feorh, st. n. , _age of youth_, i. e. age in which one still belongs
in the ranks of the geogoð: on geogoð- (geoguð-) fēore, 537, 2665.
geohðo. See gehðo.
geolo, adj. , _yellow_: acc. sg. geolwe linde (_the shield of yellow linden
bark_), 2611.
geolo-rand, st. m. , _yellow shield_ (shield with a covering of interlaced
yellow linden bark): acc. sg. , 438.
geond, prep. w. acc. , _through, throughout, along, over_: geond þisne
middangeard, _through the earth, over the earth_, 75; wide geond eorðan,
266, 3100; fērdon folctogan . . . geond wīd-wegas, _went along the ways
coming from afar_, 841; similarly, 1705; geond þæt sæld, _through the hall,
through the extent of the hall_, 1281; similarly, 1982, 2265.
geong, adj. , _young, youthful_: nom. sg. , 13, 20, 855, etc. ; giong, 2447;
w. m. se maga geonga, 2676; acc. sg. geongne gūðcyning, 1970; dat. sg.
geongum, 1949, 2045, 2675, etc. ; on swā geongum feore, _at a so youthful
age_, 1844; geongan cempan, 2627; acc. pl. geonge, 2019; dat. pl. geongum
and ealdum, 72. --Superl. gingest, _the last_: nom. sg. w. f. gingeste word,
2818.
georn, adj. , _striving, eager_, w. gen. of the thing striven for: eft sīðes
georn, 2784. --Comp. lof-georn.
georne, adv. , _readily, willingly_: þæt him wine-māgas georne hȳrdon, 66;
georne truwode, 670.
--_zealously, eagerly_: sōhte georne æfter grunde,
_eagerly searched over the ground_, 2295. --_carefully, industriously_: nō
ic him þæs georne ætfealh (_held him not fast enough_), 969. --_completely,
exactly_: comp. wiste þē geornor, 822.
geō, iū, adv. , _once, formerly, earlier_, 1477; giō, 2522; iū, 2460.
gēoc, st. f. , _help, support_: acc. sg. gēoce gefremman, 2675; þæt him
gāst-bona gēoce gefremede wið þēod-þrēaum, 177; gēoce gelȳfde, _believed
in the help_ (of Bēowulf), 609; dat. sg. tō gēoce, 1835.
gēocor, adj. , _ill, bad_: nom. sg. , 766. --See Haupt's Zeitschrift 8, p. 7.
geō-man, iū-man, st. m. , _man of former times_: gen. pl. iū-manna, 3053.
geō-meowle, w. f. , (_formerly a virgin), wife_: acc. sg. īo-meowlan, 2932.
geōmor, adj. , _with depressed feelings, sad, troubled_: nom. sg. him wæs
geōmor sefa, 49, 2420, 2633, 2951; mōdes geōmor, 2101; fem. þæt wæs geōmuru
ides, 1076.
geōmore, adv. , _sadly_, 151.
geōmor-gid, st. n. , _dirge_: acc. sg. giōmor-gyd, 3151.
geōmor-līc, adj. , _sad, painful_: swā bið geōmorlīc gomelum ceorle tō
gebīdanne þæt. . . , _it is painful to an old man to experience it, that . . . _,
2445.
geōmor-mōd, adj. , _sad, sorrowful_: nom. sg. , 2045, 3019; giōmor-mōd, 2268.
geōmrian, w. v. , _to complain, to lament_: pret. sg. geōmrode giddum, 1119.
geō-sceaft, st. f. , (_fixed in past times), fate_: acc. sg. geōsceaft
grimme, 1235.
geōsceaft-gāst, st. m. , _demon sent by fate_: gen. pl. fela
geōsceaft-gāsta, of Grendel and his race, 1267.
gēotan, st. v. intrans. , _to pour, to flow, to stream_: pres. part. gifen
gēotende, 1691.
gicel, st. 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.
