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gréting

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Wright's OE grammar
§10; §615;
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of speech.
courteous terms of address on meeting
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  • Þá Elizabeth gehýrde Marian grétinge (groeting[e],

      L., R.), Lk. 1, 41.
respectful address, saluting of a superior
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  • Ðá bóceras lufiað grétinga (groetingo(-e),

      L., R.) on strǽte, 20, 46.

  • Groetengo (hǽlettunga,

      R.), Mt. L. 23, 7.
of formal address in letters, &c. v. grétan;
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  • Ic Ælfric abbod on ðisum gewrite freóndlíce gréte mid Godes grétinge Wulfget,

      Hml. A. 1, 2.
term applied to a person or
thing, appellation
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  • Heofenlicere grétincge synderlic gifu

    cęlestis eulogię (the name Benedict) pręrogatiua,

      An. Ox. 2571.

  • Brýdleóþes grétinge

    epithalami elogium,

    3182.
of respectful action or worship
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  • Hát mé unmedemre for þǽre godcundan róde grétinge (

    for adoration of the divine cross

    ) þá duru beón untýnede,
      Hml. S. 23 b, 448.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gréting.” 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/51203.

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