ge-grêtan, w. acc.: 1) to greet, to salute, to address: pret. sg. holdne gegrêtte meaglum wordum, greeted the dear man with formal words, [1981]; gegrêtte þâ 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 ôðerne gôdum gegrêtan ofer ganotes bäð, many a one will seek another across the sea with gifts, [1862].
[greót], st. m., grit, sand, earth: dat. sg. on greóte, [3169].
[greótan], st. v., to weep, to mourn, to lament: pres. sg. III. se þe äfter sincgyfan on sefan greóteð, 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 gäst, [102]; acc. sg. m. grimne, [1149], [2137]; fem, grimme, [1235]; gen. sg. grimre gûðe, [527]; instr. pl. grimman grâpum, [1543].—Comp.: beado-, heaðo-, heoro-, searo-grim.
[grimme], adv., grimly, in a hostile manner, bitterly, [3013], [3086].
[grim-lîc], adj., grim, terrible: nom. sg. grimlîc gry[re-gäst], [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. häfde lîgdraca leóda fästen ... glêdum forgrunden, had with flames destroyed the people's feasts, [2336]; þâ his âgen (scyld) wäs glêdum forgrunden, since his own (shield) had been destroyed by the fire, [2678].
[gripe], st. m., gripe, attack: nom. sg. gripe mêces, [1766]; acc. sg. grimne gripe, [1149].—Comp.: fær-, mund-, nîð-gripe.