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galan, st. v., to sing, to sound: pres. sg. sorh-lēoð gæleð, 2461; inf. gryre-lēoð galan, 787; bearhtm ongeāton, gūðhorn galan, heard the clang, the battle-trumpet sound, 1433.
ā-galan, to sing, to sound: pret. sg. þæt hire on hafelan hringmǣl āgōl grǣdig gūðlēoð, that the sword caused a greedy battle-song to sound upon her head, 1522.
gamban, or, according to Bout., gambe, w. f., tribute, interest: acc. sg. gomban gyldan, 11.
gamen, st. n., social pleasure, rejoicing, joyous doings: nom. sg. gamen, 1161; gomen, 2460; gomen glēobēames, the pleasure of the harp, 2264; acc. sg. gamen and glēodrēam, 3022; dat. sg. gamene, 2942; gomene, 1776.—Comp. heal-gamen.
gamen-wāð, st. f., way offering social enjoyment, journey in joyous society: dat. sg. of gomen-wāðe, 855.
gamen-wudu, st. m., wood of social enjoyment, i.e. harp: nom. sg. þǣr wæs... gomenwudu grēted, 1066; acc. sg. gomenwudu grētte, 2109.
gamol, gomol, gomel, adj., old; of persons, having lived many years, gray: gamol, 58, 265; gomol, 3096; gomel, 2113, 2794; se gomela, 1398; gamela (gomela) Scylding, 1793, 2106; gomela, 2932; acc. sg. þone gomelan, 2422; dat. sg. gamelum rince, 1678; gomelum ceorle, 2445; þām gomelan, 2818; nom. pl. blondenfeaxe gomele, 1596.—Also, late, belonging to former time: gen. pl. gomelra lāfe (legacy), 2037.—Of things, old, from old times: nom. sg. sweord... gomol, 2683; acc. sg. gomele lāfe, 2564; gomel swyrd, 2611; gamol is a more respectful word than eald.
gamol-feax, adj., with gray hair: nom. sg., 609.
gang, st. m.: 1) gait, way: dat. sg. on gange, 1885; gen. sg. ic hine ne mihte... ganges ge-twǣman, could not keep him from going, 969.—2) step, foot-step: nom. sg. gang (the foot-print of the mother of Grendel), 1405; acc. sg. uton hraðe fēran Grendles māgan gang scēawigan, 1392.—Comp. in-gang.
be-gang, bi-gang, st. m., (so far as something goes), extent: acc. sg. ofer geofenes begang, over the extent of the sea, 362; ofer flōda begang, 1827; under swegles begong, 861, 1774; flōda begong, 1498; sioleða bigong, 2368.
ganot, st. m., diver, fulica marina: gen. sg. ofer ganotes bæð (i.e. the sea), 1862.
gād, st. n., lack: nom. sg. ne bið þē wilna gād (thou shalt have no lack of desirable [valuable] things), 661; similarly, 950.
gān, expanded = gangan, st. v., to go: pres. sg. III. gǣð ā Wyrd swā hīo scel, 455; gǣð eft... tō medo, 605; þonne hē... on flett gǣð, 2035; similarly, 2055; pres. subj. III. sg. gā þǣr hē wille, let him go whither he will, 1395; imp. sg. II. gā nū tō setle, 1783; nū þū lungre geong, hord scēawian, under hārne stān, 2744; inf. in gān, to go in, 386, 1645 ‘forð gān, to go forth, to go thither, 1164; þat hīe him tō mihton gegnum gangan, to go towards, to go to, 314; tō sele... gangan cwōmon, 324; in a similar construction, gongan, 1643; nū gē mōton gangan... Hrōðgār gesēon, 395; þā cōm of mōre... Grendel gongan, there came Grendel (going) from the fen, 712; ongēan gramum gangan, to go to meet the enemy, to go to the war, 1035; cwōm... tō hofe gongan, 1975; wutun gangan tō, let us go thither, 2649.—As preterite, serve, 1) gēong or gīong: hē tō healle gēong, 926; similarly, 2019; sē þe on orde gēong, who went at the head, went in front, 3126; on innan gīong, went in, 2215; hē... gīong tō þæs þe hē eorðsele ānne wisse, went thither, where he knew of that earth-hall, 2410; þā se æðeling, gīong, þæt hē bī wealle gesæt, then went the prince (Bēowulf) that he might sit down by the wall, 2716.—2) gang: tō healle gang Healfdenes sunu, 1010; similarly, 1296; gang þā æfter flōre, went along the floor, along the hall, 1317.—3) gengde (Goth. gaggida): hē... beforan gengde..., wong scēawian, went in front to inspect the fields, 1413; gengde, also of riding, 1402.—4) from another stem, ēode (Goth. iddja): ēode ellenrōf, þæt hē for eaxlum gestōd Deniga frēan, 358; similarly, 403; [wið duru healle Wulfgār ēode], went towards the door of the hall, 390; ēode Wealhþēow forð, went forth, 613; ēode tō hire frēan sittan, 641; ēode yrremōd, went with angry feeling, 727; ēode... tō sele, 919; similarly, 1233; ēode... þǣr se snottra bād, 1313; ēode weorð Denum æðeling tō yppan, the prince (Bēowulf), honored by the Danes, went to the high seat, 1815; ēode... under inwit-hrōf, 3124; pl. þǣr swīðferhðe sittan ēodon, 493; ēodon him þā tōgēanes, went to meet him, 1627; ēodon under Earna næs, 3032.
ā-gangan, to go out, to go forth, to befall: pret. part. swā bit āgangen wearð eorla manegum (as it befell many a one of the earls), 1235.
full-gangan, to emulate, to follow after: pret. sg. þonne... sceft nytte hēold, feðer-gearwum fūs flāne full-ēode, when the shaft had employment, furnished with feathers it followed the arrow, did as the arrow, 3120.
ge-gān, ge-gangan: 1) to go, to approach: inf. (w. acc.) his mōdor... gegān wolde sorhfulne sīð, 1278; sē þe gryre-sīðas gegān dorste, who dared to go the ways of terror (to go into the combat), 1463; pret. sg. se maga geonga under his mǣges scyld elne geēode, went quickly under his kinsman’s shield, 2677; pl. elne geēodon tō þæs þe..., went quickly thither where..., 1968; pret. part. syððan hīe tō-gædre gegān hæfdon, when they (Wīglāf and the drake) had come together, 2631; þæt his aldres wæs ende gegongen, that the end of his life had come, 823; þā wæs endedæg gōdum gegongen, þæt se gūðcyning... swealt, 3037.—2) to obtain, to reach: inf. (w. acc.) þonne hē æt gūðe gegān þenceð longsumne lof, 1536; ic mid elne sceall gold gegangan, 2537; gerund, næs þæt ȳðe cēap tō gegangenne gumena ǣnigum, 2417; pret. pl. elne geēodon... þæt se byrnwīga būgan sceolde, 2918; pret. part. hæfde... gegongen þæt, had attained it, that..., 894; hord ys gescēawod, grimme gegongen, 3086.—3) to occur, to happen: pres. sg. III. gif þæt gegangeð þæt..., if that happen, that..., 1847; pret. sg. þæt geīode ufaran dōgrum hilde-hlæmmum, it happened in later times to the warriors (the Gēatas), 2201; pret. part. þā wæs gegongen guman unfrōdum earfoðlīce þæt, then it had happened to the young man in sorrowful wise that..., 2822.
oð-gangan, to-go thither: pret. pl. oð þæt hī oðēodon... in Hrefnesholt, 2935.
ofer-gangan, w. acc., to go over: pret. sg. oferēode þā æðelinga bearn stēap stān-hliðo, went over steep, rocky precipices, 1409; pl. freoðo-wong þone forð oferēodon, 2960.
ymb-gangan, w. acc., to go around: pret. ymb-ēode þā ides Helminga duguðe and geogoðe dǣl ǣghwylcne, went around in every part, among the superior and the inferior warriors, 621.
gār, st. m., spear, javelin, missile: nom. sg., 1847, 3022; instr. sg. gāre, 1076; blōdigan gāre, 2441; gen. sg. gāres fliht, 1766; nom. pl. gāras, 328; gen. pl., 161(?).—Comp.: bon-, frum-gār.
gār-cēne, adj., spear-bold: nom. sg., 1959.
gār-cwealm, st. m., murder, death by the spear: acc. sg. gār-cwealm gumena, 2044.
gār-holt, st. n., forest of spears, i.e. crowd of spears: acc. sg., 1835.
gār-secg, st. m. (cf. Grimm, in Haupt l. 578), sea, ocean: acc. sg. on gār-secg, 49, 537; ofer gār-secg, 515.
gār-wiga, w. m., one who fights with the spear: dat. sg. geongum gār-wigan, of Wīglāf, 2675, 2812.
gār-wīgend, pres. part., fighting with spear, spear-fighter: acc. pl. gār-wīgend, 2642.
gāst, gǣst, st. m., ghost, demon: acc. sg. helle gāst (Grendel), 1275; gen. sg. wergan gāstes (of Grendel), 133; (of the tempter), 1748; gen. pl. dyrnra gāsta (Grendel’s race), 1358; gǣsta gīfrost (flames consuming corpses), 1124.—Comp.: ellor-, geō-sceaft-gāst; ellen-, wæl-gǣst.
gāst-bana, w. m., slayer of the spirit, i.e. the devil: nom. sg. gāst-bona, 177.
gædeling, st. m., he who is connected with another, relation, companion: gen. sg. gædelinges, 2618; dat. pl. mid his gædelingum, 2950.
æt-gædere, adv., together, united: 321, 1165, 1191; samod ætgædere, 329, 387, 730, 1064.
tō-gadere, adv., together, 2631.
gæst, gist, gyst, st. m., stranger, guest: nom. sg. gæst, 1801; se gæst (the drake), 2313; se grimma gæst (Grendel), 102; gist, 1139, 1523; acc. sg. gryre-līcne gist (the nixy slain by Bēowulf), 1442; dat. sg. gyste, 2229; nom. pl. gistas, 1603; acc. pl. gæs[tas], 1894.—Comp.: fēðe-, gryre-, inwit-, nīð-, sele-gæst (-gyst).
gæst-sele, st. m., hall in which the guests spend their time, guest-hall: acc. sg., 995.
gē, conj., and, 1341; gē... gē..., as well... as..., 1865; gē... gē..., gē..., 1249; gē swylce, and likewise, and moreover, 2259.
gē, pron., ye, you, plur. of þū, 237, 245, etc.
gegn-cwide, st. m., reply: gen. pl. þīnra gegn-cwida, 367.
gegnum, adv., thither, towards, away, with the prep, tō, ofer, giving the direction: þæt hīe him tō mihton gegnum gangan (that they might go thither), 314; gegnum fōr [þā] ofer myrcan mōr, away over the dark moor, 1405.
gehðu, geohðu, st. f., sorrow, care: instr. sg. giohðo mǣnde, 2268; dat. sg. on gehðo, 3096; on giohðe, 2794.
gēn (from gegn), adv., yet, again. ne wæs hit lenge þā gēn, þæt..., it was not then long before..., 83; ic sceal forð sprecan gēn ymb Grendel, shall from now on speak again of Grendel, 2071; nō þȳ ǣr ūt þā gēn... gongan wolde (still he would not yet go out), 2082; gēn is eall æt þē lissa gelong (yet all my favor belongs to thee), 2150; þā gēn, then again, 2678, 2703; swā hē nū gēn dēð, as he still does, 2860; furður gēn, further still, besides, 3007; nū gēn, now again, 3169; ne gēn, no more, no farther: ne wæs þæt wyrd þā gēn, that was no more fate (fate no longer willed that), 735.
gēna, still: cwico wæs þā gēna, was still living, 3094.
genga, w. m., goer; in comp. in-, sǣ-, sceadu-genga.
gengde. See gān(3).
genge. See ūð-genge.
gēnunga (from gegnunga), adv., precisely, completely, 2872.
gerwan, gyrwan, w. v.: 1) to prepare, to make ready, to put in condition: pret. pl. gestsele gyredon, 995.—2) to equip, to arm for battle: pret. sg. gyrede hine Bēowulf eorl-gewǣdum (dressed himself in the armor), 1442.
ge-gyrwan: 1) to make, to prepare: pret. pl. him þā gegiredan Gēata lēode ād... unwāclīcne, 3138; pret. part. glōf... eall gegyrwed dēofles cræftum and dracan fellum, 2088.—2) to fit out, to make ready: inf. cēol gegyrwan hilde-wǣpnum and heaðowǣdum, 38; hēt him ȳðlidan gōdne gegyrwan, had (his) good ship fitted up for him, 199. Also, to provide warlike equipment: pret. part. syððan hē hine tō gūðe gegyred hæfde, 1473.—3) to endow, to provide, to adorn: pret. part. nom. sg. beado-hrægl... golde gegyrwed, 553; acc. sg. lāfe... golde gegyrede, 2193; acc. pl. mādmas... golde gegyrede, 1029.
gētan, w. v., to injure, to slay: inf., 2941.
be-gēte, adj., attainable; in comp. ēð-begēte.
geador, adv., unitedly, together, jointly, 836; geador ætsomne, 491.
on-geador, adv., unitedly, together, 1596.
gealdor, st. n.: 1) sound: acc. sg. bȳman gealdor, 2944.—2) magic song, incantation, spell: instr. sg. þonne wæs þæt yrfe... galdre bewunden (placed under a spell), 3053.
gealga, w. m., gallows: dat. sg. þæt his byre rīde giong on galgan, 2447.
gealg-mōd, adj., gloomy: nom. sg. gīfre and galgmōd, 1278.
gealg-trēow, st. n., gallows: dat. pl. on galg-trēowu[m], 2941.
geard, st. m., residence; in Bēowulf corresponding to the house-complex of a prince’s residence, used only in the plur.: acc. in geardas (in Finn’s castle), 1135; dat. in geardum, 13, 2460; of geardum, 1139; ǣr hē on weg hwurfe... of geardum, before he went away from his dwelling-place, i.e. died, 265.—Comp. middan-geard.
gearo, adj., properly, made, prepared; hence, ready, finished, equipped: nom. sg. þæt hit wearð eal gearo, heal-ærna mǣst, 77; wiht unhǣlo... gearo sōna wæs, the demon of destruction was quickly ready, did not delay long, 121; Here-Scyldinga betst beadorinca wæs on bǣl gearu, was ready for the funeral-pile (for the solemn burning), 1110; þēod (is) eal gearo, the warriors are altogether ready, always prepared, 1231; hraðe wæs æt holme hȳð-weard gearo (geara, MS.), 1915; gearo gūð-freca, 2415; sīe sīo bǣr gearo ǣdre geæfned, let the bier be made ready at once, 3106. With gen.: gearo gyrnwræce, ready for revenge for harm done, 2119, acc. sg. gearwe stōwe, 1007; nom. pl. beornas gearwe, 211; similarly, 1814.
gearwe, gearo, geare, adv., completely, entirely: nē gē... gearwe ne wisson, you do not know at all..., 246; similarly, 879; hine gearwe geman witena welhwyle (remembers him very well), 265; wisse hē gearwe þæt..., he knew very well that..., 2340, 2726; þæt ic... gearo scēawige swegle searogimmas (that I may see the treasures altogether, as many as they are), 2749; ic wāt geare þæt..., 2657.—Comp. gearwor, more readily, rather, 3077.—Superl. gearwost, 716.
gearo-folm, adj., with ready hand, 2086.
gearwe, st. f., equipment, dress; in comp. feðer-gearwe.
geat, st. n., opening, door; in comp. ben-, hilde-geat.
geato-līc, adj., well prepared, handsome, splendid: of sword and armor, 215, 1563, 2155; of Heorot, 308. Adv.: wīsa fengel geatolīc gengde, passed on in a stately manner, 1402.
geatwe, st. f. pl., equipment, adornment: acc. recedes geatwa, the ornaments of the dragon’s cave (its treasures), 3089.—Comp.: ēored-, gryre-, gūð-, hilde-, wīg-geatwe.
gēan (from gegn), adv. in on-gēan, adv. and prep., against, towards: þæt hē mē ongēan slēa, 682; rǣhte ongēan fēond mid folme, 748; foran ongēan, forward towards, 2365. With dat.: ongēan gramum, against the enemy, 1035.
tō-gēanes, tō-genes, prep, against, towards: Grendle tōgēanes, towards Grendel, against Grendel, 667; grāp þā tōgēanes, she grasped at (Bēowulf), 1502; similarly, him tōgēanes fēng, 1543; ēodon him þā tōgēanes, went towards him, 1627; hēt þā gebēodan... þæt hīe bǣl-wudu feorran feredon gōdum tōgēnes, had it ordered that they should bring the wood from far for the funeral-pyre towards the good man (i.e. to the place where the dead Bēowulf lay), 3115.
gēap, adj., roomy, extensive, wide: nom. sg. reced... gēap, the roomy hall, 1801; acc. sg. under gēapne hrōf, 837.—Comp.: horn-, sǣ-gēap.
geār, st. n., year: nom. sg., 1135; gen. pl. geāra, in adverbial sense, olim, in former times, 2665. See un-geāra.
geār-dagas, st. m. pl., former days: dat. pl. in (on) geār-dagum, 1, 1355.
geofe. See gifu.
geofon, gifen, gyfen (see Kuhn Zeitschr. I. 137), st. n., sea, flood: nom. sg. geofon, 515; gifen gēotende, the streaming flood, 1691; gen. sg. geofenes begang, 362; gyfenes, 1395.
geogoð, st. f.: 1) youth, time of youth: dat. sg. on geogoðe, 409, 466, 2513; on giogoðe, 2427; gen. gioguðe, 2113.—2) contrasted with duguð, the younger warriors of lower rank (about as in the Middle Ages, the squires with the knights): nom. sg. geogoð, 66; giogoð, 1191; acc. sg. geogoðe, 1182; gen. duguðe and geogoðe, 160; duguðe and iogoðe (geogoðe), 1675, 622.
geoguð-feorh, st. n., age of youth, i.e. age in which one still belongs in the ranks of the geogoð: on geogoð- (geoguð-) fēore, 537, 2665.
geohðo. See gehðo.
geolo, adj., yellow: acc. sg. geolwe linde (the shield of yellow linden bark), 2611.
geolo-rand, st. m., yellow shield (shield with a covering of interlaced yellow linden bark): acc. sg., 438.
geond, prep. w. acc., through, throughout, along, over: geond þisne middangeard, through the earth, over the earth, 75; wide geond eorðan, 266, 3100; fērdon folctogan... geond wīd-wegas, went along the ways coming from afar, 841; similarly, 1705; geond þæt sæld, through the hall, through the extent of the hall, 1281; similarly, 1982, 2265.
geong, adj., young, youthful: nom. sg., 13, 20, 855, etc.; giong, 2447; w. m. se maga geonga, 2676; acc. sg. geongne gūðcyning, 1970; dat. sg. geongum, 1949, 2045, 2675, etc.; on swā geongum feore, at a so youthful age, 1844; geongan cempan, 2627; acc. pl. geonge, 2019; dat. pl. geongum and ealdum, 72.—Superl. gingest, the last: nom. sg. w. f. gingeste word, 2818.
georn, adj., striving, eager, w. gen. of the thing striven for: eft sīðes georn, 2784.—Comp. lof-georn.
georne, adv., readily, willingly: þæt him wine-māgas georne hȳrdon, 66; georne truwode, 670.—zealously, eagerly: sōhte georne æfter grunde, eagerly searched over the ground, 2295.—carefully, industriously: nō ic him þæs georne ætfealh (held him not fast enough), 969.—completely, exactly: comp. wiste þē geornor, 822.
geō, iū, adv., once, formerly, earlier, 1477; giō, 2522; iū, 2460.
gēoc, st. f., help, support: acc. sg. gēoce gefremman, 2675; þæt him gāst-bona gēoce gefremede wið þēod-þrēaum, 177; gēoce gelȳfde, believed in the help (of Bēowulf), 609; dat. sg. tō gēoce, 1835.
gēocor, adj., ill, bad: nom. sg., 766.—See Haupt’s Zeitschrift 8, p. 7.
geō-man, iū-man, st. m., man of former times: gen. pl. iū-manna, 3053.
geō-meowle, w. f., (formerly a virgin), wife: acc. sg. īo-meowlan, 2932.
geōmor, adj., with depressed feelings, sad, troubled: nom. sg. him wæs geōmor sefa, 49, 2420, 2633, 2951; mōdes geōmor, 2101; fem. þæt wæs geōmuru ides, 1076.
geōmore, adv., sadly, 151.
geōmor-gid, st. n., dirge: acc. sg. giōmor-gyd, 3151.
geōmor-līc, adj., sad, painful: swā bið geōmorlīc gomelum ceorle tō gebīdanne þæt..., it is painful to an old man to experience it, that..., 2445.
geōmor-mōd, adj., sad, sorrowful: nom. sg., 2045, 3019; giōmor-mōd, 2268.
geōmrian, w. v., to complain, to lament: pret. sg. geōmrode giddum, 1119.
geō-sceaft, st. f., (fixed in past times), fate: acc. sg. geōsceaft grimme, 1235.
geōsceaft-gāst, st. m., demon sent by fate: gen. pl. fela geōsceaft-gāsta, of Grendel and his race, 1267.
gēotan, st. v. intrans., to pour, to flow, to stream: pres. part. gifen gēotende, 1691.
gicel, st. m., icicle: in comp. hilde-gicel.
gid, gyd, st. n., speech, solemn alliterative song: nom. sg. þǣr wæs... gid oft wrecen, 1066; lēoð wæs āsungen, glēomannes gyd, the song was sung, the gleeman’s lay, 1161; þǣr wæs gidd and glēo, 2106; acc. sg. ic þis gid āwræc, 1724; gyd āwræc, 2109; gyd æfter wræc, 2155; þonne hē gyd wrece, 2447; dat. pl. giddum, 151, 1119; gen. pl. gidda gemyndig, 869.—Comp.: geōmor-, word-gid.
giddian, w. v., to speak, to speak in alliteration: pret. gyddode, 631.
gif, conj.: 1) if, w. ind., 442, 447, 527, 662, etc.; gyf, 945, etc. With subj., 452, 594, 1482, etc.; gyf, 280, 1105, etc.—2) whether, w. ind., 272; w. subj., 1141, 1320.
gifa, geofa, w. m., giver; in comp. gold-, sinc-, wil-gifa (-geofa).
gifan, st. v., to give: inf. giofan, 2973; pret. sg. nallas bēagas geaf Denum, 1720; hē mē [māðmas] geaf, 2147; and similarly, 2174, 2432, 2624, etc.; pret. pl. gēafon (hyne) on gārsecg, 49; pret. part. þā wæs Hrōðgāre here-spēd gyfen, 64; þā wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince... on hand gyfen, 1679; syððan ǣrest wearð gyfen... geongum cempan (given in marriage), 1949.
ā-gifan, to give, to impart: inf. andsware... āgifan, to give an answer, 355; pret. sg. sōna him se frōda fæder Ōhtheres... ondslyht āgeaf (gave him a counter-blow), (hand-blow?), 2930.
for-gyfan, to give, to grant: pret. sg. him þæs līf-frēa... worold-āre forgeaf, 17; þǣm tō hām forgeaf Hrēðel Gēata āngan dōhtor (gave in marriage), 374; similarly, 2998; hē mē lond forgeaf, granted me land, 2493; similarly, 697, 1021, 2607, 2617; mægen-rǣs forgeaf hilde-bille, he gave with his battle-sword a mighty blow, i.e. he struck with full force, 1520.
of-gifan, (to give up), to leave: inf. þæt se mǣra maga Ecgþēowes grund-wong þone ofgyfan wolde (was fated to leave the earth-plain), 2589; pret. sg. þās worold ofgeaf gromheort guma, 1682; similarly, gumdrēam ofgeaf, 2470; Dena land ofgeaf, 1905; pret. pl. næs ofgēafon hwate Scyldingas, left the promontory, 1601; þæt þā hildlatan holt ofgēfan, that the cowards left the wood (into which they had fled), 2847; sg. pret. for pl. þāra þe þis [līf] ofgeaf, 2252.
gifeðe, adj., given, granted: Gūðfremmendra swylcum gifeðe bið þæt..., to such a warrior is it granted that..., 299; similarly, 2682; swā mē gifeðe wæs, 2492; þǣr mē gifeðe swā ǣnig yrfeweard æfter wurde, if an heir, (living) after me, had been given me, 2731.—Neut. as subst.: wæs þæt gifeðe tō swīð, þē þone [þēoden] þyder ontyhte, the fate was too harsh that has drawn hither the king, 3086; gyfeðe, 555, 820.—Comp. un-gifeðe.
gif-heal, st. f., hall in which fiefs were bestowed, throne-hall: acc. sg. ymb þā gifhealle, 839.
gif-sceat, st. m., gift of value: acc. pl. gif-sceattas, 378.
gif-stōl, st. m., seat from which fiefs are granted, throne: nom. sg., 2328; acc. sg., 168.
gift, st. f., gift, present: in comp. feoh-gift.
gifu, geofu, st. f., gift, present, grant; fief: nom. sg. gifu, 1885 acc. sg. gimfæste gife þē him god sealde, the great gift that God had granted him (i.e. the enormous strength), 1272; ginfæstan gife þē him god sealde, 2183; dat. pl. (as instr.) geofum, 1959; gen. pl. gifa, 1931; geofena, 1174.—Comp.: māððum-, sinc-gifu.
gīgant, st. m., giant: nom. pl. gīgantas, 113; gen. pl. gīganta, 1563, 1691.
gild, gyld, st. n., reparation: in comp. wiðer-gyld(?).
gildan, gyldan, st. v., to do something in return, to repay, to reward, to pay: inf. gomban gyldan, pay tribute, 11; hē mid gōde gyldan wille uncran eaferan, 1185; wē him þā gūðgeatwa gyldan woldon, 2637; pret. sg. heaðorǣsas geald mēarum and māðmum, repaid the battles with horses and treasures, 1048; similarly, 2492; geald þone gūðrǣs... Jofore and Wulfe mid ofermāðmum, repaid Eofor and Wulf the battle with exceedingly great treasures, 2992.
an-gildan, to pay for: pret. sg. sum sāre angeald ǣfenræste, one (Æschere) paid for the evening-rest with death’s pain, 1252.
ā-gildan, to offer one’s self: pret. sg. þā mē sǣl āgeald, when the favorable opportunity offered itself, 1666; similarly, þā him rūm āgeald, 2691.
for-gildan, to repay, to do something in return, to reward: pres. subj. sg. III. alwalda þec gōde forgylde, may the ruler of all reward thee with good, 957; inf. þone ǣnne heht golde forgyldan, he ordered that the one (killed by Grendel) be paid for (atoned for) with gold, 1055; hē... wolde Grendle for-gyldan gūðrǣsa fela, wished to pay Grendel for many attacks, 1578; wolde se lāða līge forgyldan drinc-fæt dȳre, the enemy wished to repay with fire the costly drinking vessel (the theft of it), 2306; pret. sg. hē him þæs lēan forgeald, he gave them the reward therefore, 114; similarly, 1542, 1585, 2095; forgeald hraðe wyrsan wrixle wælhlem þone, repaid the murderous blow with a worse exchange, 2969.
gilp, gylp, st. m., speech in which one promises great things for himself in a coming combat, defiant speech, boasting speech: acc. sg. hæfde... Gēat-mecga lēod gilp gelǣsted (had fulfilled what he had claimed for himself before the battle), 830; nallas on gylp seleð fǣtte bēagas, gives no chased gold rings for a boastful speech, 1750; þæt ic wið þone gūðflogan gylp ofersitte, restrain myself from the speech of defiance, 2529; dat. sg. gylpe wiðgrīpan (fulfil my promise of battle), 2522.—Comp. dol-gilp.
gilpan, gylpan, st. v. w. gen., acc., and dat., to make a defiant speech, to boast, to exult insolently: pres. sg. I. nō ic þæs gilpe (after a break in the text), 587; sg. III. morðres gylpeð, boasts of the murder, 2056; inf. swā ne gylpan þearf Grendles maga ǣnig... ūhthlem þone, 2007; nealles folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte, had no need to boast of his fellow-warrior, 2875; pret. sg. hrēðsigora ne gealp goldwine Gēata, did not exult at the glorious victory (could not gain the victory over the drake), 2584.
gilp-cwide, st. m., speech in which a man promises much for himself for a coming combat, speech of defiance: nom. sg., 641.
gilp-hlæden, pret. part., laden with boasts of defiance (i.e. he who has made many such boasts, and consequently has been victorious in many combats), covered with glory: nom. sg. guma gilp-hlæden, 869.
gilp-sprǣc, same as gilp-cwide, speech of defiance, boastful speech: dat. sg. on gylp-sprǣce, 982.
gilp-word, st. n., defiant word before the coming combat, vaunting word: gen. pl. gespræc... gylp-worda sum, 676.
gim, st. m., gem, precious stone, jewel: nom. sg. heofones gim, heaven’s jewel, i.e. the sun, 2073. Comp. searo-gim.
gimme-rīce, adj., rich in jewels: acc. sg. gimme-rīce hord-burh hæleða, 466.
gin (according to Bout., ginne), adj., properly gaping, hence, wide, extended: acc. sg. gynne grund (the bottom of the sea), 1552.
gin-fæst, adj., extensive, rich: acc. sg. gim-fæste gife (gim-, on account of the following f), 1272; in weak form, gin-fæstan gife, 2183.
ginnan, st. v., original meaning, to be open, ready; in on-ginnan, to begin, to undertake: pret. oð þæt ān ongan fyrene fremman fēond on helle, 100; secg eft ongan sīð Bēowulfes snyttrum styrian, 872; þā þæt sweord ongan... wanian, the sword began to diminish, 1606; Higelāc ongan sīnne geseldan... fægre fricgean, began with propriety to question his companion, 1984, etc.; ongon, 2791; pret. pl. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman ongunnon lindhæbbende, no shield-bearing men e’er undertook more openly to come hither, 244; pret. part. hæbbe ic mǣrða fela ongunnen on geogoðe, have in my youth undertaken many deeds of renown, 409.
gist. See gæst.
gistran, adv., yesterday: gystran niht, yesterday night, 1335.
git, pron., ye two, dual of þū, 508, 512, 513, etc.
gīt, gȳt, adv., yet; then still, 536, 1128, 1165, 2142; hitherto, 957; nǣfre gīt, never yet, 583; still, 945, 1059, 1135; once more, 2513; moreover, 47, 1051, 1867.
gitan (original meaning, to take hold of, to seize, to attain), in be-gitan, w. acc., to grasp, to seize, to reach: pret. sg. begeat, 1147, 2231; þā hine wīg beget, when war seized him, came upon him, 2873; similarly, begeat, 1069; pret. pl. hit ǣr on þē gōde be-geāton, good men received it formerly from thee, 2250; subj. sg. for pl. þæt wæs Hrōðgāre hrēowa tornost þāra þe lēodfruman lange begeāte, the bitterest of the troubles that for a long time had befallen the people’s chief, 2131.
for-gitan, w. acc., to forget: pres. sg. III. hē þā forðgesceaft forgyteð and forgȳmeð, 1752.
an-gitan, on-gitan, w. acc.: 1) to take hold of, to grasp: imp. sg. gumcyste ongit, lay hold of manly virtue, of what becomes the man, 1724; pret. sg. þē hine se brōga angeat, whom terror seized, 1292.—2) to grasp intellectually, to comprehend, to perceive, to distinguish, to behold: pres. subj. I. þæt ic ǣrwelan... ongite, that I may behold the ancient wealth (the treasures of the drake’s cave), 2749; inf. sæl timbred... ongytan, 308, 1497; Gēata clifu ongitan, 1912; pret. sg. fyren-þearfe ongeat, had perceived their distress from hostile snares, 14; ongeat... grund-wyrgenne, beheld the she-wolf of the bottom, 1519; pret. pl. bearhtm ongeāton, gūðhorn galan, perceived the noise, (heard) the battle-trumpet sound, 1432; syððan hīe Hygelāces horn and bȳman gealdor ongeāton, 2945.
gīfre, adj., greedy, eager: nom. sg. gīfre and galgmōd, of Grendel’s mother, 1278.—Superl.: līg..., gǣsta gīfrost, 1124.—Comp. heoro-gīfre.
gītsian, w. v., to be greedy: pres. sg. III. gȳtsað, 1750.
gio-, giō-. see geo-, geō-.
gladian, w. v., to gleam, to shimmer: pres. pl. III. on him gladiað gomelra lāfe, upon him gleams the legacy of the men of ancient times (armor), 2037.
glæd, adj., gracious, friendly (as a form of address for princes): nom. sg. bēo wið Gēatas glæd, 1174; acc. sg. glædne Hrōðgār, 864; glædne Hrōðulf, 1182; dat. sg. gladum suna Frōdan, 2026.
glæde, adv., in a gracious, friendly way, 58.
glædnian, w. v., to rejoice: inf. w. gen., 367.
glæd-mōd, adj., joyous, glad, 1786.
glēd, st. f., fire, flame: nom. sg., 2653, 3115; dat. (instr.) pl. glēdum, 2313, 2336, 2678, 3042.
glēd-egesa, w. m., terror on account of fire, fire-terror: nom. sg. glēd-egesa grim (the fire-spewing of the drake), 2651.
glēaw (Goth, glaggwu-s), adj., considerate, well-bred, of social conduct; in comp. un-glēaw.
glēo, st. n., social entertainment, (especially by music, play, and jest): nom. sg. þǣr wæs gidd and glēo, 2106.
glēo-bēam, st. m., (tree of social entertainment, of music), harp. gen. sg. glēo-bēames, 2264.
glēo-drēam, st. m., joyous carrying-on in social entertainment, mirth, social gaiety: acc. sg. gamen and glēo-drēam, 3022.
glēo-man, m., (gleeman, who enlivens the social entertainment, especially with music), harper: gen. sg. glēomannes gyd, 1161.
glitinian (O.H.G. glizinōn), w. v., to gleam, to light, to glitter: inf. geseah þā... gold glitinian, 2759.
glīdan, st. v., to glide: pret. sg. syððan heofones gim glād ofer grundas, after heaven’s gem had glided over the fields (after the sun had set), 2074; pret. pl. glidon ofer gārsecg, you glided over the ocean (swimming), 515.
tō-glīdan (to glide asunder), to separate, to fall asunder: pret. gūð-helm tō-glād (Ongenþēow’s helmet was split asunder by the blow of Eofor), 2488.
glōf, st. f., glove: nom. sg. glōf hangode, (on Grendel) a glove hung, 2086.
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. 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.
gūð-cyning, st. m., king in battle, king directing a battle: nom. sg., 199, 1970, 2336, etc.
gūð-dēað, st. m., death in battle: nom. sg., 2250.
gūð-floga, w. m., flying warrior: acc. sg. wið þone gūðflogan (the drake), 2529.
gūð-freca, w. m., hero in battle, warrior (see freca): nom. sg. gearo gūð-freca, of the drake, 2415.
gūð-fremmend, pres. part., fighting a battle, warrior: gen. pl. gūð-fremmendra, 246; gūð- (gōd-, MS.) fremmendra swylcum, such a warrior (meaning Bēowulf), 299.
gūð-gewǣde, st. n., battle-dress, armor: nom. pl. gūð-gewǣdo, 227; acc. pl. -gewǣdu, 2618, 2631(?), 2852, 2872; gen. pl. -gewǣda, 2624.
gūð-geweorc, st. n., battle-work warlike deed: gen. pl., -geweorca, 679, 982, 1826.
gūð-geatwe, st. f. pl., equipment for combat: acc. þā gūð-geatwa (-getawa, MS.), 2637; dat. in ēowrum gūð-geatawum, 395.
gūð-helm, st. m., battle-helmet: nom. sg., 2488.
gūð-horn, st. n., battle-horn: acc. sg., 1433.
gūð-hrēð, st. f., battle-fame: nom. sg., 820.
gūð-lēoð, st. n., battle-song: acc., sg., 1523.
gūð-mōd, adj., disposed to battle, having an inclination to battle. nom. pl. gūð-mōde, 306.
gūð-rǣs, st. m., storm of battle, attack: acc. sg., 2992; gen. pl. gūð-rǣsa, 1578, 2427.
gūð-rēow, adj., fierce in battle: nom. sg., 58.
gūð-rinc, st. m., man of battle, fighter, warrior: nom. sg., 839, 1119, 1882; acc. sg., 1502; gen. pl. gūð-rinca, 2649.
gūð-rōf, adj., renowned in battle: nom. sg., 609.
gūð-sceaða, w. m., battle-foe, enemy in combat: nom. sg., of the drake, 2319.
gūð-scearu, st. f., decision of the battle: dat. sg. æfter gūð-sceare, 1214.
gūð-sele, st. m., battle-hall, hall in which a battle takes place: dat sg. in þǣm gūðsele (in Heorot), 443.
gūð-searo, st. n. pl., battle-equipment, armor; acc., 215, 328.
gūð-sweord, st. n., battle-sword: acc. sg., 2155.
gūð-wērig, adj., wearied by battle dead: acc. sg. gūð-wērigne Grendel, 1587.
gūð-wine, st. m., battle-friend, comrade in battle designation of the sword: acc. sg., 1811; instr. pl. þē mec gūð-winum grētan dorste, who dared to attack me with his war-friends, 2736.
gūð-wiga, w. m., fighter of battles, warrior: nom. sg., 2112.
gyd. See gid.
gyfan. See gifan.
gyldan. See gildan.
gylden, adj., golden: nom. sg. gylden hilt, 1678; acc. sg. segen gyldenne, 47, 1022; bring gyldenne, 2810; dat. sg. under gyldnum bēage, 1164.—Comp. eal-gylden.
gylp. See gilp.
gyrdan, w. v., to gird, to lace: pret. part. gyrded cempa, the (sword-) girt warrior, 2079.
gyrn, st. n., sorrow, harm: nom. sg., 1776.
gyrn-wracu, st. f., revenge for harm: dat. sg. tō gyrn-wræce, 1139; gen. sg. þā wæs eft hraðe gearo gyrn-wræce Grendeles mōdor, then was Grendel’s mother in turn immediately ready for revenge for the injury, 2119.
gyrwan. See gerwan.
gystran. See gistran.
gȳman, w. v. w. gen., to take care of, to be careful about: pres. III. gȳmeð, 1758, 2452; imp. sg. oferhȳda ne gȳm! do not study arrogance (despise it), 1761.
for-gȳman, w. acc., to neglect, to slight: pres. sg. III. hē þā forð-gesceaft forgyteð and forgȳmeð, 1752.
gȳtsian. See gītsian.
gȳt. See gīt.