Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

GRÉNE

(adj.)
Grammar
GRÉNE, adj.
Entry preview:

Green; viridis Gréne viridis, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 80; Wrt. Voc. 46, 37. Wende man ðæt gréne to ðan weofode let the green [side of the sods] be turned to the altar, Lchdm. i. 398, 17. Gréne folde the green earth, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 14; Gen. 1561. Of grénum

Linked entry: groene

grimme

(adv.)
Grammar
grimme, adv.
Entry preview:

Grimly, fiercely Hý him æfter ðæm grimme forguldon ðone wígeræft ðe hý æt him geleornodon they afterwards gave him grim requital for the military skill they learnt from him, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 30: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 15; Gen. 1275: 183; Th. 229, 2; Dan.

gring

(n.)
Grammar
gring, es; n?
Entry preview:

Slaughter; clades, Elen. Kmbl. 230; El. 115

grínu

(adj.)
Grammar
grínu, adj.
Entry preview:

Avidius, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 85; Wrt. Voc. 46, 42

grame

(adv.)
Grammar
grame, grome; adv.
Entry preview:

Fiercely, cruelly, hostilely, Ps. Th. 57, 5: 68, 3: 93, 2: 123, 7. Grome, Cd. 64; Th. 76, 21; Gen. 1260: 184; Th. 230, 15; Dan. 233: Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 21; Gn. Ex. 52

gryre

Entry preview:

Add: the state of being terrified Ðurh hine gewyrð swá micel gryre, swá nǽfre ǽr on worulde ne gewearð, Wlfst. 19, 6. Gryre se mǽsta, 25, 19: 203, 4. Ásprang micel óga and gryre ofer ealle ðá ungeleáffullan, Hml. Th. i. 470, 8. Gryre and ege, Hml. S.

gréne

Entry preview:

Add: green. of grass, foliage, &c. Bebeád se Hǽlend ꝥ ðæt folc sǽte ofer ꝥ gréne híg (ofer groene gers, L., ofer groenum hegge ł grese, R., super uiride faenum ), Mk. 6, 39. Siððan Adam stóp on gréne græs, Gen. 1137. Þá geseah hé ánre stówe fæc

gríma

Entry preview:

Add: a visor, mask Gríma mascus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 54: 55, 46. a spectre, goblin, nightmare Gríma masca (masca striga; nocturna imago quae animam dormientis perturbat; larva, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 53: 55, 48: larbula, 70, 42. Gríma scina (l. scena

grimme

Entry preview:

Add: of personal action. where pain, injury, &c., are caused by agent, or where anger, displeasure, &c., are felt or expressed Forgrípan gumcynne grimme and sáre, Gen. 1275. Grimme ic eom begangen, for ðon ic gnornige contristatus sum

grínu

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Substitute: <b>grinu, grionu;</b> adj. An adjective denoting some colour Wann bruntus, grinu avidius, dun natius, geoluhwít gilvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 42. (The word occurs in a list with the title 'Nomina colorum'.) Hwít albus, grionu avidius

gryre

(n.)
Grammar
gryre, es; m.

Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful

Entry preview:

Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful Óðrum on gryre wǽron to neósienne aliis horrori erant visendum, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 27. Him ðæs egesa stód gryre fram ðam gáste terror was upon him therefore, horror from the spirit, Cd. 201; Th. 249,6

fór-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; subj. pres. -grípe, pl. -grípen; pp. -gripen

To take beforecarry off prematurelypre-occupyprærĭpĕrepræ-occŭpāre

Entry preview:

To take before, carry off prematurely, pre-occupy; prærĭpĕre, præ-occŭpāre Wæs heó mid deáþe fórgripen illa morte prærepta est, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 27: 3, 29; S. 561, 17. Ðý-læs hit sí mid deáþe fórgripen ne morte præ-occŭpētur, 1, 27; S. 492, 30, note

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
Entry preview:

peace limited to place or time, truce, protection, security, safety. [The word comes into use during the struggles with the Danes. Icel. grið (v. Cl. and Vig. Dict.) means first home, domicile, then in pl. truce, peace, pardon; friðr is the general word

gráp

Entry preview:

Heardecg cwacað ... grápum gryrefæst ( dreadfully firm from the grasp that grips it ), El. 760. v. eorþ-,gráp feónd-gráp, hilde-gráp, nearu-gráp, níd-gráp. Add

ge-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; pp. -gripen

To gripegraspseizecapererapereprehendereapprehenderecomprehenderearriperecorripereeripere

Entry preview:

To gripe, grasp, seize; capere, rapere, prehendere, apprehendere, comprehendere, arripere, corripere, eripere Máran ðonne ðú in hreðre mǽge móde gegrípan too great for thee to comprehend in thy breast with thy mind, Exon. 92 b; Th. 348, 10; Sch. 26 :

GRIM

(adj.)
Grammar
GRIM, adj.
Entry preview:

Sharp, bitter, severe, fell, fierce, dire, savage, cruel, GRIM, horrible; acer, immanis, sævus, crudelis, atrox, dirus He him æt his ende grim geweorþeþ and hine gelǽdeþ on éce forwyrd he [the devil] will become cruel to him at his end, and will lead

Linked entry: grym

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f: es; n.
Entry preview:

A snare, gin, noose; laqueus Swá swá grin he becymþ on ealle tanquam laqueus superveniet in omnes, Lk. Skt. 21, 35: Ps. Th. 123, 7. Grines laquei, Ps. Lamb. 34, 7. Of grames huntan grine de laqueo venantium, Ps. Th. 123, 6: 90, 3. Geheald me wið ðare

Linked entries: giren ge-grin

gráp

(n.)
Grammar
gráp, e; f.
Entry preview:

Grasp, clutch Me fæste hæfde on grápe fast had me in his grasp, Beo. Th. 114; B. 555: 881; B. 438. Hond earm and eaxle Grendles grápe hand, arm, and shoulder, Grendel's grasp, 1676; B. 836. On grápum in the clutches, 1534; B. 765: 3088; B. 1542: Andr

Linked entry: nearu-gráp

grep

(n.)
Grammar
grep, a furrow.
Entry preview:

Substitute: <b>grép,</b> e; f. (v. feltún-grép); es; n. (? grép, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 20 seems pl.) A ditch, drain [On] gengan grép in latrinae cuniculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 66. Grép (the MS. has the accent) cuniculum, 18, 24. Grép cuniculi (

gróp

(n.)
Entry preview:

a ditch, drain Groop scropis, Txts. 115, 150. [v. N. E. D. groop.]

Linked entry: grep