Gréting

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gréting

Add: I. of speech. (1) courteous terms of address on meeting :-- Þá Elizabeth gehýrde Marian grétinge (groeting[e], L., R.), Lk. 1, 41. (2) respectful address, saluting of a superior :-- Ðá bóceras lufiað grétinga (groetingo(-e), L., R.) on strǽte, 20, 46. Groetengo (hǽlettunga, R.), Mt. L. 23, 7. (3) of formal address in letters, &c. VI. 5 :-- Ic Ælfric abbod on ðisum gewrite freóndlíce gréte mid Godes grétinge Wulfget, Hml. A. 1, 2. (4) term applied to a person or thing, appellation :-- Heofenlicere grétincge synderlic gifu celestis eulogie (the name Benedict) prerogatiua, An. Ox. 2571. Brýdleóþes grétinge epithalami elogium, 3182. II. of respectful action or worship :-- Hát mé unmedemre for þǽre godcundan róde grétinge (for adoration of the divine cross) þá duru beón untýnede, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. greting

Related words: grétan;