gôd, st. n.: 1) _good that is done, benefit, gift_: instr. sg. gôde, 20, 957, 1185; gôde mære, _renowned on account of her gifts_ (Þryðo), 1953; instr. pl. gôdum, 1862.--2) _ability_, especially in fight: gen. pl. nât he þâra gôda, 682. gram, adj., _hostile_: gen. sg. on grames grâpum, _in the gripe of the enemy_ (Beówulf), 766; nom. pl. þâ graman, 778; dat. pl. gramum, 424, 1035. 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.