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.
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.
Beowulf
, _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.
gold-māðm, st. m. , _jewel of gold_: acc. pl. gold-māðmas (the treasures of
the drake's cave), 2415.
gold-sele, st. m. , _gold-hall_, i. e. the hall in which the gold was
distributed, ruler's hall: acc. sg. , 716, 1254; dat. sg. gold-sele, 1640,
2084.
gold-weard, st. m. , _gold-ward, defender of the gold_: acc. sg. (of the
drake), 3082.
gold-wine, st. m. , _friend who distributes gold_, i. e. ruler, prince: nom.
sg. (partly as voc. ) goldwine gumena, 1172, 1477, 1603; goldwine Gēata,
2420, 2585.
gold-wlanc, adj. , _proud of gold_: nom. sg. gūðrinc goldwlanc (Bēowulf
rewarded with gold by Hrōðgār on account of his victory), 1882.
gomban, gomel, gomen. See gamban, gamal, gamen.
gong, gongan. See gang, gangan.
gōd, adj. , _good, fit_, of persons and things: nom. sg. , 11, 195, 864,
2264, 2391, etc. ; frōd and gōd, 279; w. dat. cyning æðelum gōd, _the king
noble in birth_, 1871; gumcystum gōd, 2544; w. gen. wes þū ūs lārena gōd,
_be good to us with teaching_ (help us thereto through thy instruction),
269; in weak form, se gōda, 205, 355, 676, 1191, etc. ; acc. sg. gōdne, 199,
347, 1596, 1970, etc. ; gumcystum gōdne, 1487; neut. gōd, 1563; dat. sg.
gōdum, 3037, 3115; þǣm gōdan, 384, 2328; nom. pl. gōde, 2250; þā gōdan,
1164; acc. pl. gōde, 2642; dat. pl. gōdum dǣdum, 2179; gen. pl. gōdra
gūðrinca, 2649. --Comp. ǣr-gōd.
gōd, st. n. : 1) _good that is done, benefit, gift_: instr. sg. gōde, 20,
957, 1185; gōde mǣre, _renowned on account of her gifts_ (Þrȳðo), 1953;
instr. pl. gōdum, 1862. --2) _ability_, especially in fight: gen. pl. nāt hē
þāra gōda, 682.
gram, adj. , _hostile_: gen. sg. on grames grāpum, _in the gripe of the
enemy_ (Bēowulf), 766; nom. pl. þā graman, 778; dat. pl. gramum, 424, 1035.
gram-heort, adj. , _of a hostile heart, hostile_: nom. sg. grom-heort guma,
1683.
gram-hȳdig, adj. , _with hostile feeling, maliciously inclined_: nom. sg.
gromhȳdig, 1750.
grāp, st. f. , _the hand ready to grasp, hand, claw_: dat. sg. mid grāpe,
438; on grāpe, 555; gen. sg. eal . . . Grendles grāpe, _all of Grendel's
claw, the whole claw_, 837; dat. pl. on grames grāpum, 766; (as instr. )
grimman grāpum, _with grim claws_, 1543. --Comp. : fēond-, hilde-grāp.
grāpian, w. v. , _to grasp, to lay hold of, to seize_: pret. sg. þæt hire
wið halse heard grāpode, _that_ (the sword) _griped hard at her neck_,
1567; hē . . . grāpode gearofolm, _he took hold with ready hand_, 2086.
græs-molde, w. f. , _grass-plot_: acc. sg. græsmoldan træd, _went over the
grass-plot_, 1882.
grǣdig, adj. , _greedy, hungry, voracious_: nom. sg. grim and grǣdig, 121,
1500; acc. sg. grǣdig gūðlēoð, 1523.
grǣg, adj. , _gray_: nom. pl. æsc-holt ufan grǣg, _the ashen wood, gray
above_ (the spears with iron points) 330; acc. pl. grǣge syrcan, _gray_
(i. e. iron) _shirts of mail_, 334.
grǣg-mǣl, adj. , _having a gray color_, here = _iron_: nom. sg. sweord
Bēowulfes gomol and grǣgmǣl, 2683.
grǣpe. See æt-grǣpe.
grētan, w. v. w. acc. : 1) _to greet, to salute_: inf. hine swā gōdne
grētan, 347; Hrōðgār grētan, 1647, 2011; ēowic grētan hēt (_bade me bring
you his last greeting_), 3096; pret. sg. grētte Gēata lēod, 626; grētte þā
guma ōðerne, 653; Hrōðgār grētte, 1817. -- 2) _to come on, to come near, to
seek out; to touch; to take hold of_: inf. gifstōl grētan, _take possession
of the throne, mount it as ruler_, 168; næs se folccyning ǣnig . . . þē mec
gūðwinum grētan dorste (_attack with swords_), 2736; Wyrd . . . sē þone
gomelan grētan sceolde, 2422; þæt þone sin-scaðan gūðbilla nān grētan
nolde, _that no sword would take hold upon the irreconcilable enemy_, 804;
pret. sg. grētte goldhroden guman on healle, _the gold-adorned_ (queen)
_greeted the men in the hall_, 615; nō hē mid hearme . . . gæstas grētte,
_did not approach the strangers with insults_, 1894; gomenwudu grētte,
_touched the wood of joy, played the harp_, 2109; pret. subj. II. sg. þæt
þū þone wælgǣst wihte ne grētte, _that thou shouldst by no means seek out
the murderous spirit_ (Grendel), 1996; similarly, sg. III. þæt hē ne grētte
goldweard þone, 3082; pret. part. þǣr wæs . . .
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.
gold-māðm, st. m. , _jewel of gold_: acc. pl. gold-māðmas (the treasures of
the drake's cave), 2415.
gold-sele, st. m. , _gold-hall_, i. e. the hall in which the gold was
distributed, ruler's hall: acc. sg. , 716, 1254; dat. sg. gold-sele, 1640,
2084.
gold-weard, st. m. , _gold-ward, defender of the gold_: acc. sg. (of the
drake), 3082.
gold-wine, st. m. , _friend who distributes gold_, i. e. ruler, prince: nom.
sg. (partly as voc. ) goldwine gumena, 1172, 1477, 1603; goldwine Gēata,
2420, 2585.
gold-wlanc, adj. , _proud of gold_: nom. sg. gūðrinc goldwlanc (Bēowulf
rewarded with gold by Hrōðgār on account of his victory), 1882.
gomban, gomel, gomen. See gamban, gamal, gamen.
gong, gongan. See gang, gangan.
gōd, adj. , _good, fit_, of persons and things: nom. sg. , 11, 195, 864,
2264, 2391, etc. ; frōd and gōd, 279; w. dat. cyning æðelum gōd, _the king
noble in birth_, 1871; gumcystum gōd, 2544; w. gen. wes þū ūs lārena gōd,
_be good to us with teaching_ (help us thereto through thy instruction),
269; in weak form, se gōda, 205, 355, 676, 1191, etc. ; acc. sg. gōdne, 199,
347, 1596, 1970, etc. ; gumcystum gōdne, 1487; neut. gōd, 1563; dat. sg.
gōdum, 3037, 3115; þǣm gōdan, 384, 2328; nom. pl. gōde, 2250; þā gōdan,
1164; acc. pl. gōde, 2642; dat. pl. gōdum dǣdum, 2179; gen. pl. gōdra
gūðrinca, 2649. --Comp. ǣr-gōd.
gōd, st. n. : 1) _good that is done, benefit, gift_: instr. sg. gōde, 20,
957, 1185; gōde mǣre, _renowned on account of her gifts_ (Þrȳðo), 1953;
instr. pl. gōdum, 1862. --2) _ability_, especially in fight: gen. pl. nāt hē
þāra gōda, 682.
gram, adj. , _hostile_: gen. sg. on grames grāpum, _in the gripe of the
enemy_ (Bēowulf), 766; nom. pl. þā graman, 778; dat. pl. gramum, 424, 1035.
gram-heort, adj. , _of a hostile heart, hostile_: nom. sg. grom-heort guma,
1683.
gram-hȳdig, adj. , _with hostile feeling, maliciously inclined_: nom. sg.
gromhȳdig, 1750.
grāp, st. f. , _the hand ready to grasp, hand, claw_: dat. sg. mid grāpe,
438; on grāpe, 555; gen. sg. eal . . . Grendles grāpe, _all of Grendel's
claw, the whole claw_, 837; dat. pl. on grames grāpum, 766; (as instr. )
grimman grāpum, _with grim claws_, 1543. --Comp. : fēond-, hilde-grāp.
grāpian, w. v. , _to grasp, to lay hold of, to seize_: pret. sg. þæt hire
wið halse heard grāpode, _that_ (the sword) _griped hard at her neck_,
1567; hē . . . grāpode gearofolm, _he took hold with ready hand_, 2086.
græs-molde, w. f. , _grass-plot_: acc. sg. græsmoldan træd, _went over the
grass-plot_, 1882.
grǣdig, adj. , _greedy, hungry, voracious_: nom. sg. grim and grǣdig, 121,
1500; acc. sg. grǣdig gūðlēoð, 1523.
grǣg, adj. , _gray_: nom. pl. æsc-holt ufan grǣg, _the ashen wood, gray
above_ (the spears with iron points) 330; acc. pl. grǣge syrcan, _gray_
(i. e. iron) _shirts of mail_, 334.
grǣg-mǣl, adj. , _having a gray color_, here = _iron_: nom. sg. sweord
Bēowulfes gomol and grǣgmǣl, 2683.
grǣpe. See æt-grǣpe.
grētan, w. v. w. acc. : 1) _to greet, to salute_: inf. hine swā gōdne
grētan, 347; Hrōðgār grētan, 1647, 2011; ēowic grētan hēt (_bade me bring
you his last greeting_), 3096; pret. sg. grētte Gēata lēod, 626; grētte þā
guma ōðerne, 653; Hrōðgār grētte, 1817. -- 2) _to come on, to come near, to
seek out; to touch; to take hold of_: inf. gifstōl grētan, _take possession
of the throne, mount it as ruler_, 168; næs se folccyning ǣnig . . . þē mec
gūðwinum grētan dorste (_attack with swords_), 2736; Wyrd . . . sē þone
gomelan grētan sceolde, 2422; þæt þone sin-scaðan gūðbilla nān grētan
nolde, _that no sword would take hold upon the irreconcilable enemy_, 804;
pret. sg. grētte goldhroden guman on healle, _the gold-adorned_ (queen)
_greeted the men in the hall_, 615; nō hē mid hearme . . . gæstas grētte,
_did not approach the strangers with insults_, 1894; gomenwudu grētte,
_touched the wood of joy, played the harp_, 2109; pret. subj. II. sg. þæt
þū þone wælgǣst wihte ne grētte, _that thou shouldst by no means seek out
the murderous spirit_ (Grendel), 1996; similarly, sg. III. þæt hē ne grētte
goldweard þone, 3082; pret. part. þǣr wæs . . .
