[gram-heort], adj., of a hostile heart, hostile: nom. sg. grom-heort guma, [1683].
[gram-hydig], adj., with hostile feeling, maliciously inclined: nom. sg. gromhydig, [1750].
[grâp], st. f., the hand ready to grasp, hand, claw: dat. sg. mid grâpe, [438]; on grâpe, [555]; gen. sg. eal ... Grendles grâpe, all of Grendel's claw, the whole claw, [837]; dat. pl. on grames grâpum, [766]; (as instr.) grimman grâpum, with grim claws, [1543].—Comp.: feónd-, hilde-grâp.
[grâpian], w. v., to grasp, to lay hold of, to seize: pret. sg. þät hire wið halse heard grâpode, that (the sword) griped hard at her neck, [1567]; he ... grâpode gearofolm, he took hold with ready hand, [2086].
[gräs-molde], w. f., grass-plot: acc. sg. gräsmoldan träd, went over the grass-plot, [1882].
[grædig], adj., greedy, hungry, voracious: nom. sg. grim and grædig, [121], [1500]; acc. sg. grædig gûðleóð, [1523].
[græg], adj., gray: nom. pl. äsc-holt ufan græg, the ashen wood, gray above (the spears with iron points) [330]; acc. pl. græge syrcan, gray (i.e. iron) shirts of mail, [334].
[græg-mæl], adj., having a gray color, here = iron: nom. sg. sweord Beówulfes gomol and grægmæl, [2683].
[græpe]. See [ät-græpe].
[grêtan], w. v. w. acc.: 1) to greet, to salute: inf. hine swâ gôdne grêtan, [347]; Hrôðgâr grêtan, [1647], [2011]; eówic grêtan hêt (bade me bring you his last greeting), [3096]; pret. sg. grêtte Geáta leód, [626]; grêtte þâ guma ôðerne, [653]; Hrôðgâr grêtte, [1817].— 2) to come on, to come near, to seek out; to touch; to take hold of: inf. gifstôl grêtan, take possession of the throne, mount it as ruler, [168]; näs se folccyning ænig ... þe mec gûðwinum grêtan dorste (attack with swords), [2736]; Wyrd ... se þone gomelan grêtan sceolde, [2422]; þät þone sin-scaðan gûðbilla nân grêtan nolde, that no sword would take hold upon the irreconcilable enemy, [804]; pret. sg. grêtte goldhroden guman on healle, the gold-adorned (queen) greeted the men in the hall, [615]; nô he mid hearme ... gästas grêtte, did not approach the strangers with insults, [1894]; gomenwudu grêtte, touched the wood of joy, played the harp, [2109]; pret. subj. II. sg. þät þu þone wälgæst wihte ne grêtte, that thou shouldst by no means seek out the murderous spirit (Grendel), [1996]; similarly, sg. III. þät he ne grêtte goldweard þone, [3082]; pret. part. þær wäs ... gomenwudu grêted, [1066].