ongite, _that I may behold the
ancient wealth_ (the treasures of the drake's cave), 2749; inf.
ancient wealth_ (the treasures of the drake's cave), 2749; inf.
Beowulf
, _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.
glīdan, st. v. , _to glide_: pret. sg. syððan heofones gim glād ofer
grundas, _after heaven's gem had glided over the fields_ (after the sun had
set), 2074; pret. pl. glidon ofer gārsecg, _you glided over the ocean_
(swimming), 515.
tō-glīdan _(to glide asunder), to separate, to fall asunder_: pret.
gūð-helm tō-glād (Ongenþēow's helmet was split asunder by the blow of
Eofor), 2488.
glōf, st. f. , _glove_: nom. sg. glōf hangode, (on Grendel) _a glove hung_,
2086.
gnēað, adj. , _niggardly_: nom. sg. f. næs hīo . . . tō gnēað gifa Gēata
lēodum, _was not too niggardly with gifts to the people of the Gēatas_,
1931.
gnorn, st. m. , _sorrow, sadness_: acc. sg. gnorn þrowian, 2659.
gnornian, w. v. , _to be sad, to complain_: pret. sg. earme . . . ides
gnornode, 1118.
be-gnornian, w. acc. , _to bemoan, to mourn for_: pret. pl. begnornodon . . .
hlāfordes [hry]re, _bemoaned their lord's fall_, 3180.
god, st. m. , _god_: nom. sg. , 13, 72, 478, etc. ; hālig god, 381, 1554;
wītig god, 686; mihtig god, 702; acc. sg. god, 812; ne wiston hīe drihten
god, _did not know the Lord God_, 181; dat. sg. gode, 113, 227, 626, etc. ;
gen. sg. godes, 570, 712, 787, etc.
gold, st. n. , _gold_: nom. sg. , 3013, 3053; icge gold, 1108; wunden gold,
_wound gold, gold in ring-form_, 1194, 3136; acc. sg. gold, 2537, 2759,
2794, 3169; hǣðen gold, _heathen gold_ (that from the drake's cave), 2277;
brād gold, _massive gold_, 3106; dat. instr. sg. golde, 1055, 2932, 3019;
fǣttan golde, _with chased gold, with gold in plate-form_, 2103; gehroden
golde, _covered with gold, gilded_, 304; golde gegyrwed (gegyrede),
_provided with, ornamented with gold_, 553, 1029, 2193; golde geregnad,
_adorned with gold_, 778; golde fāhne (hrōf), _the roof shining with gold_,
928; bunden golde, _bound with gold_ (see under bindan), 1901; hyrsted
golde (helm), _the helmet ornamented with, mounted with gold_, 2256; gen.
sg. goldes, 2302; fǣttan goldes, 1094, 2247; scīran goldes, _of pure gold_,
1695. --Comp. fæt-gold.
gold-ǣht, st. f. , _possessions in gold, treasure_: acc. sg. , 2749.
gold-fāh, adj. , _variegated with gold, shining with gold_: nom. sg. reced
. . . gold-fāh, 1801; acc. sg. gold-fāhne helm, 2812; nom. pl. gold-fāg
scinon web æfter wāgum, _variegated with gold, the tapestry gleamed along
the walls_, 995.
gold-gifa, w. m. , _gold-giver_, designation of the prince: acc. sg. mid
mīnne goldgyfan, 2653.
gold-hroden, pret. part. , _(covered with gold), ornamented with gold_: nom.
sg. , 615, 641, 1949, 2026; epithet of women of princely rank.
gold-hwæt, adj. , _striving after gold, greedy for gold_: næs hē goldhwæt,
_he_ (Bēowulf) _was not greedy for gold_ (he did not fight against the
drake for his treasure, cf. 3067 ff. ) 3075.
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.
glīdan, st. v. , _to glide_: pret. sg. syððan heofones gim glād ofer
grundas, _after heaven's gem had glided over the fields_ (after the sun had
set), 2074; pret. pl. glidon ofer gārsecg, _you glided over the ocean_
(swimming), 515.
tō-glīdan _(to glide asunder), to separate, to fall asunder_: pret.
gūð-helm tō-glād (Ongenþēow's helmet was split asunder by the blow of
Eofor), 2488.
glōf, st. f. , _glove_: nom. sg. glōf hangode, (on Grendel) _a glove hung_,
2086.
gnēað, adj. , _niggardly_: nom. sg. f. næs hīo . . . tō gnēað gifa Gēata
lēodum, _was not too niggardly with gifts to the people of the Gēatas_,
1931.
gnorn, st. m. , _sorrow, sadness_: acc. sg. gnorn þrowian, 2659.
gnornian, w. v. , _to be sad, to complain_: pret. sg. earme . . . ides
gnornode, 1118.
be-gnornian, w. acc. , _to bemoan, to mourn for_: pret. pl. begnornodon . . .
hlāfordes [hry]re, _bemoaned their lord's fall_, 3180.
god, st. m. , _god_: nom. sg. , 13, 72, 478, etc. ; hālig god, 381, 1554;
wītig god, 686; mihtig god, 702; acc. sg. god, 812; ne wiston hīe drihten
god, _did not know the Lord God_, 181; dat. sg. gode, 113, 227, 626, etc. ;
gen. sg. godes, 570, 712, 787, etc.
gold, st. n. , _gold_: nom. sg. , 3013, 3053; icge gold, 1108; wunden gold,
_wound gold, gold in ring-form_, 1194, 3136; acc. sg. gold, 2537, 2759,
2794, 3169; hǣðen gold, _heathen gold_ (that from the drake's cave), 2277;
brād gold, _massive gold_, 3106; dat. instr. sg. golde, 1055, 2932, 3019;
fǣttan golde, _with chased gold, with gold in plate-form_, 2103; gehroden
golde, _covered with gold, gilded_, 304; golde gegyrwed (gegyrede),
_provided with, ornamented with gold_, 553, 1029, 2193; golde geregnad,
_adorned with gold_, 778; golde fāhne (hrōf), _the roof shining with gold_,
928; bunden golde, _bound with gold_ (see under bindan), 1901; hyrsted
golde (helm), _the helmet ornamented with, mounted with gold_, 2256; gen.
sg. goldes, 2302; fǣttan goldes, 1094, 2247; scīran goldes, _of pure gold_,
1695. --Comp. fæt-gold.
gold-ǣht, st. f. , _possessions in gold, treasure_: acc. sg. , 2749.
gold-fāh, adj. , _variegated with gold, shining with gold_: nom. sg. reced
. . . gold-fāh, 1801; acc. sg. gold-fāhne helm, 2812; nom. pl. gold-fāg
scinon web æfter wāgum, _variegated with gold, the tapestry gleamed along
the walls_, 995.
gold-gifa, w. m. , _gold-giver_, designation of the prince: acc. sg. mid
mīnne goldgyfan, 2653.
gold-hroden, pret. part. , _(covered with gold), ornamented with gold_: nom.
sg. , 615, 641, 1949, 2026; epithet of women of princely rank.
gold-hwæt, adj. , _striving after gold, greedy for gold_: næs hē goldhwæt,
_he_ (Bēowulf) _was not greedy for gold_ (he did not fight against the
drake for his treasure, cf. 3067 ff. ) 3075.
