gold-wine
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A liberal and kindly prince, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 17; Jud. 22: Beo. Th. 2346; B. 1171: 2956; B. 1476: 4829; B. 2419: 5161; B. 2584: Elen. Kmbl. 401; El. 201: Exon. 77 a; Th. 288, 23; Wand. 35: 76 b; Th. 287, 31; Wand. 22
gorst-beám
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A bramble; rubus Ofer ðone gorstbeám super rubum, Mk. Skt. 12, 26
gós-hafoc
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Goshawk; aucarius, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 120; Wrt. Voc. 29, 16. [Chauc. gos-hauk: Icel. gás-haukr: O. H. Ger. gaus-hapich.]
gold-þeóf
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One who steals gold, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 5
grǽde
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Grass, a herb; gramen Grǽde ulva, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 23; Wrt. Voc. 31, 33. Grǽdas gramina, Cot. 95, Lye
Linked entry: grǽd
græf
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A graving instrument, a style Græf graffium, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Wrt. Voc. 75, 17: graphium vel scriptorium, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 114; Wrt. Voc. 46, 71
græft-geweorc
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Carved or graven work, a graven image Ne wirce ðú græftgeweorc thou shalt not make any graven image, Deut. 5, 8
grafet
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A trench[?] On ðæt lange grauet of ðam lange grafette, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 33: 195, 5, 7. Leo takes the word as a diminutive of 'gráf.'
gramatisc-cræft
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The art of grammar, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 26
grindel
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A bar, bolt; in pl. lattice-work, hurdle; crates Geslægene grindlas greáte forged large gratings, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 27; Gen. 384. Guest, English Rhythms, ii. 40, note 1, observes 'As far as we can judge from the drawing which accompanies the description
grindere
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A grinder; molitor, Som
grist
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[?] Grist, corn for grinding Grist molitura, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 107; Wrt. Voc. 34, 36
Linked entry: gyrst
grorn-hof
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A house of sadness, of woe, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 32; Jul. 324
grund-bedd
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The ground; solum, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 3; Rä. 81, 24
grunde-hirde
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A guard of the deep, Beo. Th. 4279; B. 2136
gristel-bán
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A gristle bone; cartilageum os
grund-sceát
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A region of earth, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 27; Cri. 42: 17 a; Th. 41, 2; Cri. 649
grund-wæg
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A foundation, the earth He on grundwæge men of deáþe worde awehte he [Christ] on this earth raised men from death by his word, Andr. Kmbl. 1163; An. 582
Linked entries: grund-weg grund-weall
wǽpen-getæc
A wapentake,
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A wapentake, a term used in northern England where in the south hundred was used: 'Quod alii vocant hundredum, supradicti comitatus (counties northward from Northamptonshire) vocant wapentagium,' L. Ed. C. 30; Th. i. 455. The word, which