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grǽdig

  • adjective
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Grammar
grǽdig, adj.
GREEDY, covetous; avidus
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  • Grǽdig

    vorator,

      Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 82; Wrt. Voc. 50, 62.

  • Ða fýnd heora grípende wǽron swa swá grǽdig wulf

    the devils were seizing them like the ravening wolf,

      Blickl. Homl. 211, 1.

  • Líg grǽdig swelgeþ londes frætwe

    flame, greedy, swallows the land's treasures,

      Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 16; Ph. 507: Beo. Th. 242; B. 121: 3002; B. 1497.

  • Sum to lyt hafaþ gódes grǽdig

    one hath too little, eager for goods,

      Salm. Kmbl. 689; Sal. 344.

  • Ðá getímode swá dé þ ðam grǽdigan fisce ðe gesihþ ðæt ǽs and ne gesihþ ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticaþ

    then it befel as it does to the greedy fish that sees the bait but sees not the hook which sticks in the bait,

      Homl. Th. i. 216, 10.

  • Helle grǽdige and gífre

    hell greedy and ravenous,

      Cd. 37; Th. 49, 16; Gen. 793: 217; Th. 276, 21; Sat. 192.

  • León-hwelpas sécaþ ðæt him grǽdigum ǽt God gedéme

    catuli leonum ... quærant a Deo escam sibi,

      Ps. Th. 103, 20.

  • Gífrost and grǽdgost

    most rapacious and most greedy,

      Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 2; Rä. 81, 24.
Etymology
[Goth. grédags: O. Sax. grádag Icel. gráðugr: O. H. Ger. grátag.]
Derived forms
DER. heoro-, hilde-, wæl-grǽdige.
Linked entries
v.  grédig.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “grǽdig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17420.

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