græsmoldan
træd, _went over the
grass-plot_, 1882.
grass-plot_, 1882.
Beowulf
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 . . . 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.
