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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 . . . gomenwudu grēted, 1066.

ge-grētan, w. acc. : 1) _to greet, to salute, to address_: pret. sg. holdne
gegrētte mēaglum wordum, _greeted the dear man with formal words_, 1981;
gegrētte þā gumena gehwylcne . . . hindeman siðe, _spoke then the last time
to each of the men_, 2517. --2) _to approach, to come near, to seek out_:
inf. sceal . . . manig ōðerne gōdum gegrētan ofer ganotes bæð, _many a one
will seek another across the sea with gifts_, 1862.

grēot, st. m. , _grit, sand, earth_: dat. sg. on grēote, 3169.

grēotan, st. v. , _to weep, to mourn, to lament_: pres. sg. III. sē þe æfter
sincgyfan on sefan grēoteð, _who laments in his heart for the
treasure-giver_, 1343.

grim, adj. , _grim, angry, wild, hostile_: nom. sg. , 121, 555, 1500, etc. ;
weak form, se grimma gæst, 102; acc. sg. m. grimne, 1149, 2137; fem,
grimme, 1235; gen. sg. grimre gūðe, 527; instr. pl. grimman grāpum,
1543. --Comp. : beado-, heaðo-, heoro-, searo-grim.

grimme, adv. , _grimly, in a hostile manner, bitterly_, 3013, 3086.

grim-līc, adj. , _grim, terrible_: nom. sg. grimlīc gry[re-gæst], 3042.

grimman, st. v. , (properly _to snort_), _to go forward hastily, to hasten_:
pret. pl. grummon, 306.

grindan, st. v. , _to grind_, in

for-grindan, _to destroy, to ruin_: pret. sg. w. dat. forgrand gramum,
_destroyed the enemy, killed them_ (? ), 424; pret. part. w. acc. hæfde
līgdraca lēoda fæsten . . . glēdum forgrunden, _had with flames destroyed the
people's feasts_, 2336; þā his āgen (scyld) wæs glēdum forgrunden, _since
his own (shield) had been destroyed by the fire_, 2678.

gripe, st. m. , _gripe, attack_: nom. sg. gripe mēces, 1766; acc. sg. grimne
gripe, 1149. --Comp. : fǣr-, mund-, nīð-gripe.

grīma, w. m. , _mask, visor_: in comp. beado-, here-grīma.

grīm-helm, st. m. , _mask-helmet, helmet with visor_: acc. pl. grīm-helmas,
334.

grīpan, st. v. , _to gripe, to seize, to grasp_: pret. sg. grāp þā tōgēanes,
_then she caught at_, 1502.

for-grīpan _(to gripe vehemently), to gripe so as to kill, to kill by the
grasp_, w. dat. : pret. sg. æt gūðe forgrāp Grendeles mǣgum, 2354.
wið-grīpan, w. dat. , _(to seize at), to maintain, to hold erect_: inf. hū
wið þām āglǣcean elles meahte gylpe wið-grīpan, _how else I might maintain
my boast of battle against the monster_, 2522.

grōwan, st. v. , _to grow, to sprout_: pret. sg. him on ferhðe grēow
brēosthord blōdrēow, 1719.

grund, st. m. : 1) _ground, plain, fields_ in contrast with highlands;
_earth_ in contrast with heaven: dat. sg. sōhte . . . æfter grunde, _sought
along the ground_, 2295; acc. pl. ofer grundas, 1405, 2074. --2) _bottom,
the lowest part_: acc. sg. grund (of the sea of Grendel), 1368; on gyfenes
grund, 1395; under gynne grund (_bottom of the sea_) 1552; dat. sg. tō
grunde (of the sea), 553; grunde (of the drake's cave) getenge, 2759; so,
on grunde, 2766. --Comp. : eormen-, mere-, sǣ-grund.

grund-būend, pres. part.
, _inhabitant of the earth_: gen. pl.
grund-būendra, 1007.

grund-hyrde, st. m. , _warder of the bottom_ (of the sea): acc. sg. (of
Grendel's mother), 2137.

grund-sele, st. m. , _hall at the bottom_ (of the sea): dat sg. in þām
[grund]sele, 2140.

grund-wang, st. m. , _ground surface, lowest surface_: acc. sg. þone
grund-wong (_bottom of the sea_), 1497; (bottom of the drake's cave), 2772,
2589.

grund-wyrgen, st. f. , _she-wolf of the bottom_ (of the sea): acc. sg.
grund-wyrgenne (Grendel's mother), 1519.

gryn (cf. Gloss. Aldh. "retinaculum, rete grin," Hpts. Ztschr. IX. 429),
st. n. , _net, noose, snare_: gen. pl. fela . . . grynna, 931. See gyrn.

gryre, st. m. , _horror, terror, anything causing terror_: nom. sg. , 1283;
acc. sg. wið Grendles gryre, 384; hīe Wyrd forswēop on Grendles gryre,
_snatched them away into the horror of Grendel, to the horrible Grendel_,
478; dat. pl. mid gryrum ecga, 483; gen. pl. swā fela gryra, 592. --Comp. :
fǣr-, wīg-gryre.

gryre-brōga, w. m. , _terror and horror, amazement_: nom. sg.
[gryre-]br[ō]g[a], 2229.

gryre-fāh, adj. , _gleaming terribly_: acc. sg. gryre-fāhne (_the
fire-spewing drake_, cf. also [draca] fȳrwylmum fāh, 2672, 2577.

gryre-gæst, st. m. , _terror-guest, stranger causing terror_: nom. sg.
grimlīc gry[regæst], 3042; dat. sg. wið þām gryregieste (the dragon), 2561.

gryre-geatwe, st. f. pl. , _terror-armor, warlike equipment_: dat. pl. in
hyra gryre-geatwum, 324.

gryre-lēoð, st. n. , _terror-song, fearful song_: acc. sg. gehȳrdon
gryrelēoð galan godes and-sacan (_heard Grendel's cry of agony_), 787.

gryre-līc, adj. , _terrible, horrible_: acc. sg. gryre-līcne, 1442, 2137.

gryre-sīð, st. m. , _way of terror, way causing terror_, i. e. warlike
expedition: acc. pl. sē þe gryre-sīðas gegān dorste, 1463.

guma, w. m. , _man, human being_: nom. sg. , 653, 869, etc. ; acc. sg. guman,
1844, 2295; dat. sg. guman (gumum, MS. ), 2822; nom pl. guman, 215, 306,
667, etc. ; acc. pl. guman, 615; dat. pl. gumum, 127, 321; gen. pl. gumena,
73, 328, 474, 716, etc. --Comp. : driht-, seld-guma.

gum-cyn, st. n. , _race of men, people, nation_: gen. sg. wē synt gumcynnes
Gēata lēode, _people from the nation of the Gēatas_, 260; dat. pl. æfter
gum-cynnum, _along the nations, among the nations_, 945.

gum-cyst, st. f. , _man's excellence, man's virtue_: acc. sg. (or pl. )
gumcyste, 1724; dat. pl. as adv. , _excellently, preeminently_: gumcystum
gōdne bēaga bryttan, 1487; gumcystum gōd . . . hilde-hlemma (Bēowulf), 2544.

gum-drēam, st. m. , _joyous doings of men_: acc. sg. gum-drēam ofgeaf
(died), 2470.

gum-dryhten, st. m. , _lord of men_: nom. sg. 1643.

gum-fēða, w. m. , _troop of men going on foot_: nom. sg. , 1402.

gum-man, st. m. , _man_: gen. pl. gum-manna fela, 1029.

gum-stōl, st. m. , _man's seat, κατ' ἐζωχήν, ruler's seat, throne_: dat. sg.
in gumstōle, 1953.

gūð, st. f. , _combat, battle_: nom. sg. , 1124, 1659, 2484, 2537; acc. sg.
gūðe, 604; instr. sg. gūðe, 1998; dat. sg. tō (æt) gūðe, 438, 1473. 1536,
2354, etc. ; gen. sg. gūðe, 483, 527, 631, etc. ; dat. pl. gūðum, 1959, 2179;
gen. pl. gūða, 2513, 2544.

gūð-beorn, st. m. , _warrior_: gen. pl. gūð-beorna sum (_the strand-guard on
the Danish coast_), 314.

gūð-bil, st. n. , _battle-bill_: nom. sg. gūðbill, 2585; gen. pl. gūð-billa
nān, 804.

gūð-byrne, w. f. , _battle-corselet_: nom. sg. , 321.

gūð-cearu, st. f. , _sorrow which the combat brings_: dat. sg. æfter
gūð-ceare, 1259.

gūð-cræft, st. m. , _warlike strength, power in battle_: nom. sg. Grendles
gūð-cræft, 127.