A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ grēotan²] to cry, weep, lament, B, Sol. [v. ‘greet’]

[ grēothord] n. body, Gu 1240.

[ grēow] pret. 3 sg. of [grōwan].

[ grēp], grēpe f. land-drain, ditch, furrow: burrow: privy, OEG (ȳ).

gres- = græs-

grēt- = grēat-

[ grētan] I. (±) to ‘greet,’ salute, accost, speak to, challenge, Æ, B, Mk, Jul: (±) to seek out, approach, visit, B; W: ill-treat, attack, AO: touch, take hold of, handle, deal with, ÆGr. hearpan grētan play the harp: cohabit with.

[II.] † (ǣ) to weep, bemoan, lament, deplore, Cr. [v. ‘greet’]

[ grēting] f. ‘greeting,’ salutation, BH, LkL (oe): present.

[ grētinghūs] n. audience chamber, WW 184³.