gifstōl grētan, _take possession
of the throne, mount it as ruler_, 168; næs se folccyning ǣnig .
of the throne, mount it as ruler_, 168; næs se folccyning ǣnig .
Beowulf
grǣg-mǣl, adj. , _having a gray color_, here = _iron_: nom. sg. sweord
Bēowulfes gomol and grǣgmǣl, 2683.
grǣpe. See æt-grǣpe.
grētan, w. v. w. acc. : 1) _to greet, to salute_: inf. hine swā gōdne
grētan, 347; Hrōðgār grētan, 1647, 2011; ēowic grētan hēt (_bade me bring
you his last greeting_), 3096; pret. sg. grētte Gēata lēod, 626; grētte þā
guma ōðerne, 653; Hrōðgār grētte, 1817. -- 2) _to come on, to come near, to
seek out; to touch; to take hold of_: inf.
gifstōl grētan, _take possession
of the throne, mount it as ruler_, 168; næs se folccyning ǣnig . . . þē mec
gūðwinum grētan dorste (_attack with swords_), 2736; Wyrd . . . sē þone
gomelan grētan sceolde, 2422; þæt þone sin-scaðan gūðbilla nān grētan
nolde, _that no sword would take hold upon the irreconcilable enemy_, 804;
pret. sg. grētte goldhroden guman on healle, _the gold-adorned_ (queen)
_greeted the men in the hall_, 615; nō hē mid hearme . . . gæstas grētte,
_did not approach the strangers with insults_, 1894; gomenwudu grētte,
_touched the wood of joy, played the harp_, 2109; pret. subj. II. sg. þæt
þū þone wælgǣst wihte ne grētte, _that thou shouldst by no means seek out
the murderous spirit_ (Grendel), 1996; similarly, sg.
