gîfre, adj., _greedy, eager_: nom. sg. gîfre and galgmôd, of Grendel's mother, 1278.--Superl.: lîg..., gæsta gîfrost, 1124.--Comp. heoro-gîfre. gîtsian, w. v., _to be greedy_: pres. sg. III. gýtsað, 1750. gio-, gió-. See geo-, geó-. gladian, w. v., _to gleam, to shimmer_: pres. pl. III. on him gladiað gomelra lâfe, _upon him gleams the legacy of the men of ancient times_ (armor), 2037. gläd, adj., _gracious, friendly_ (as a form of address for princes): nom. sg. beó wið Geátas gläd, 1174; acc. sg. glädne Hrôðgâr, 864; glädne Hrôðulf, 1182; dat. sg. gladum suna Frôdan, 2026. gläde, adv., _in a gracious, friendly way_, 58. glädnian, w. v., _to rejoice_: inf. w. gen., 367. gläd-môd, adj., _joyous, glad_, 1786. glêd, st. f., _fire, flame_: nom. sg., 2653, 3115; dat. (instr.) pl. glêdum, 2313, 2336, 2678, 3042. glêd-egesa, w. m., _terror on account of fire, fire-terror_: nom. sg. glêd-egesa grim (_the fire-spewing of the drake_), 2651. gleáw (Goth, glaggwu-s), adj., _considerate, well-bred_, of social conduct; in comp. un-gleáw. gleó, st. n., _social entertainment_, (especially by music, play, and jest): nom. sg. þær wäs gidd and gleó, 2106. gleó-beám, st. m., _(tree of social entertainment, of music), harp._ gen. sg. gleó-beámes, 2264. gleó-dreám, st. _m., joyous carrying-on in social entertainment, mirth, social gaiety_: acc. sg. gamen and gleó-dreám, 3022. gleó-man, m., _(gleeman, who enlivens the social entertainment, especially with music), harper_: gen. sg. gleómannes gyd, 1161. glitinian (O.H.G. glizinôn), w. v., _to gleam, to light, to glitter_: inf. geseah þâ ... gold glitinian, 2759. glîdan, st. v., _to glide_: pret. sg. syððan heofones gim glâd ofer grundas, _after heaven's gem had glided over the fields_ (after the sun had set), 2074; pret. pl. glidon ofer gârsecg, _you glided over the ocean_ (swimming), 515. tô-glîdan _(to glide asunder), to separate, to fall asunder_: pret. gûð-helm tô-glâd (Ongenþeów's helmet was split asunder by the blow of Eofor), 2488. glôf, st. f., _glove_: nom. sg. glôf hangode, (on Grendel) _a glove hung_, 2086. gneáð, adj., _niggardly_: nom. sg. f. näs hió ... tô gneáð gifa Geáta leódum, _was not too niggardly with gifts to the people of the Geátas_, 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 ... hlâfordes [hry]re, _bemoaned their lord's fall_, 3180. god, st. m., _god_: nom. sg., 13, 72, 478, etc.; hâlig god, 381, 1554; witig god, 686; mihtig god, 702; acc. sg. god, 812; ne wiston hie drihten god, _did not know the Lord God_, 181; dat. sg. gode, 113, 227, 626, etc.; gen. sg. godes, 570, 712, 787, etc.