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. grîma, w. m., _mask, visor_: in comp. beado-, here-grîma. grîm-helm, st. m., _mask-helmet, helmet with visor_: acc. pl. grîm-helmas, 334. grîpan, st. v., _to gripe, to seize, to grasp_: pret. sg. grâp þâ tôgeánes, _then she caught at_, 1502. for-grîpan _(to gripe vehemently), to gripe so as to kill, to kill by the grasp_, w. dat.: pret. sg. ät gûðe forgrâp Grendeles mægum, 2354. wið-grîpan, w. dat., _(to seize at), to maintain, to hold erect_: inf. hû wið þam aglæcean elles meahte gylpe wið-grîpan, _how else I might maintain my boast of battle against the monster_, 2522. grôwan, st. v., _to grow, to sprout_: pret. sg. him on ferhðe greów breósthord blôdreów, 1719. grund, st. m.: 1) _ground, plain, fields_ in contrast with highlands; _earth_ in contrast with heaven: dat. sg. sôhte ... äfter 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. tô grunde (of the sea), 553; grunde (of the drake's cave) getenge, 2759; so, on grunde, 2766.--Comp.: eormen-, mere-, sæ-grund. grund-bûend, pres. part., _inhabitant of the earth_: gen. pl. grund-bûendra, 1007.