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to approach, visit
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  • 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. 1861.
to assail
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  • Mec longeðas lyt gegrétað,

      Gú. 287.
to afflict, visit with displeasure, &c.
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  • Seó ǽ ne gegrét þone rihtwísan mid nánum yfele, ac heó gewítnað þá unrihtwísan,

      Hml. S. 17, 19.

  • Ꝥte ðú mec ne gegroeta ł ne pínia

    ne me torqueas,

      Lk. L. 8, 28.
to address, accost, salute
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  • Wísdóm mín mód mid his wordum gegrétte,

      Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 18: B. 1979.
  • Hé gegrétte hindeman síðe swǽse gesíðas, 2516: Fä. 15.

  • Nó hé mid hearme gæst gegrétte, æc cwæð þæt wilcuman Wedera leóde fóron,

      B. 1893.

  • Gegrétte

    salutavit,

      Lk. L. R. 1, 40.

  • Hyt geríst ꝥ wé þá

    regulares feriarum

    mid leóðe gegrétun,
      Angl. viii. 302, 6.

  • Gegroeta

    salutare,

      Mk. L. 12, 38.

  • Gegroetæ,

      15, 18.

  • Gegroeted wæs

    salutatur,

      Lk. p. 3, 15.

  • Gegréttre róde

    salutata cruce,

      Angl. xiii. 21, 779.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-gruozen movere, compellere.]
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v. un-gegrét.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-grétan.” 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/48159.

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