grétan
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To bewail, deplore, weep; plorare, deplorare, flere Láþsíþ grétan to bewail the dire journey, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 13; Exod. 44. Beornas grétaþ men shall wail, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 30; Cri. 992.
grétan
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Nó he ðone gifstól grétan móste he might not touch the throne [gift-seat], Beo. Th. 339; B. 168. Sum mid hondum nsæg hearpan grétan one may touch the harp with hands, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 11; Crä. 49.
grétan
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Hé him con leóða worn oððe mid hondum con hearpan grétan, Gn. Ex. 171.
grétan
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Groeto (greóto (?), gréto (?)) mereo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 83. Add
ge-grétan
To approach ⬩ come to ⬩ address ⬩ greet ⬩ welcome ⬩ adire ⬩ alloqui ⬩ salutare
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To approach, come to, address, greet, welcome; adire, alloqui, salutare Wíf sceal eodor æþelinga [MS. e] ǽrest gegrétan the wife shall the nobles' chief first greet, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 7; Gn. Ex. 90. Holdne gegrétte meaglum wordum he addressed his
be-grétan
To lament ⬩ bewail ⬩ lamentare ⬩ deplorare
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To lament, bewail; lamentare, deplorare Fæmnan ne wǽran geonge begrétte virgines eorum non sunt lamentatæ Ps. Th. 77, 63
ge-grétan
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Add: to approach, visit Seó beó blósman gegrét, Angl. viii. 324, 13. Man cyrican gegréte mid leóhte and lácum, Wlfst. 73, 20. Ꝥ hí Godes cirican griðian and friðian, and mid leóhte and lácum hí gelóme gegrétan, Ll. Th. i. 326, 17. Gódum gegrétan, B.
mis-grétan
to affront ⬩ insult
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to affront, insult Se gylda ðe óðerne misgrét ... gebéte hé ðæt wið ðone man ðe hé mysgrétte, Chart. Th. 606, 22-27. Gif hwilc gegilda óðerne misgréte, 612, 18
á-grétan
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To attack Ágroette hine se diówl elisit illum daemonium, Lk. L. R. 9, 42
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greótan
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To weep; flere, lacrimare Heó sceal oft greótan she shall often weep, Salm. Kmbl. 753; Sal. 376. Se ðe on sefan greóteþ who weeps in spirit, Beo. Th. 2689; B. 1342
greótan
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Cf. grétan. Add
gréting
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L. 23, 7. of formal address in letters, &c. v. grétan; 5 Ic Ælfric abbod on ðisum gewrite freóndlíce gréte mid Godes grétinge Wulfget, Hml.
gremian
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To provoke, irritate, exasperate, vex, revile He ða óðre elpendas gremede it irritated the other elephants, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 23. Gremedon exacerbaverunt, Blickl. Gl. Hig me gremedon they provoked me, Lev. 26, 40: Num. 11, 20: Deut. 9, 7, 8. Ða ðe
grénian
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to become green, to flourish; virescere, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 114; Met. 11, 57
greósan
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To frighten
gréting
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A greeting, salutation, present in acknowledgment of a favour done; salutatio Hwæt seó gréting wǽre qualis esset ista salutatio, Lk. Bos. 1, 29. Ðínre grétinge stefn vox salutations tuæ, 1, 44. Lufiaþ grétinga on strǽtum diligitis salutationes in foro
greátian
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Grécas
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grénian
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On lengtentíman springað oððe gréniað wæstmas, Angl. viii. 312, 22. Add