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gífre

  • noun
  • adjective
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Grammar
gífre, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§433; §434;
Greedy, covetous, voracious, eager, desirous; avidus
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  • Gífre

    gulosus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 86, 51
      • .

  • Gífere vel frec

    ambro,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 88
      • ;
    • Som. 74, 83
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 50, 63
      • .

  • Tantalus se cyning ðe ungemetlíce gífre wæs

    Tantalus the king who was immoderately greedy,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 170, 1
      • .

  • Ða faraséi ða ðe gífre wǽron

    pharasæi qui erant avari,

    • Lk. Skt. 16, 14
      • .

  • Líg gold gífre forgrípeþ grǽdig swelgeþ

    the flame voracious lays hold on gold, greedy devours it,

    • Exon. 63 a
      • ;
    • Th. 232, 15
      • ;
    • Ph. 507
      • :
    • 38 a
      • ;
    • Th. 124, 32
      • ;
    • Gú. 346
      • .

  • Gífrum grápum

    with greedy clutches,

    • 38 b
      • ;
    • Th. 126, 28
      • ;
    • Gú. 378
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2671
      • ;
    • An. 1337
      • .

  • Gesyhst ðú nú ða sweartan helle grǽdige and gífre

    seest thou now the black hell greedy and ravenous?

    • Cd. 37
      • ;
    • Th. 49, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 793
      • :
    • 213
      • ;
    • Th. 267, 2
      • ;
    • Sat. 82
      • :
    • 217
      • ;
    • Th. 276, 21
      • ;
    • Sat. 192
      • :
    • Exon. 82 a
      • ;
    • Th. 309, 24
      • ;
    • Seef. 62
      • .

  • Se gífra gǽst

    the greedy spirit,

    • 22 a
      • ;
    • Th. 60, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 973
      • .

  • Ic heora eom swíðe gífre

    I am very desirous for them,

    • Bt. 22, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 76, 20
      • .

  • Líg gǽsta gífrost

    flame, most ravenous of spirits,

    • Beo. Th. 2250
      • ;
    • B. 1123
      • .

  • Gífrost and grǽdgost

    most rapacious and most greedy,

    • Exon. 128 a
      • ;
    • Th. 493, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 81, 24
      • .
Etymology
[
Orm. giferr:
Laym. ȝifer:
cf.
Icel. gífr; n. pl. fiends.
]
Linked entries
v.  gífer.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “gífre.” 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/17032.

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  • gífre, n.; adj.

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