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GILP

  • noun [ masculine ]
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GILP, gelp, gielp, gylp, es; m.
Glory, ostentation, pride, boasting, arrogance, vain-glory, haughtiness; gloria, ostentatio
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  • Se seofoþa heáfod-leahter is ídelwuldor ðæt is gylp

    the seventh chief sin is vain-glory, that is pride,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 220, 27
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    • 218, 22
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  • He nolde nán þing dón mid gylpe forðon ðe se gylp is án heáfod-leahter

    he would do nothing in pride, for pride is a deadly sin,

    • i. 170, 24
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  • Geþenc be ðám gebyrdum gif hwá ðæs gilpþ hú ídel and hú unnyt se gilp biþ

    consider birth; if any one boast of that how vain and how useless is the boast,

    • Bt. 30, 1
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    • Fox 108, 20
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    • Cd. 219
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    • Th. 280, 12
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    • Sat. 254
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    • 4
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    • Th. 5, 10
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    • Gen. 69
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    • Blickl. Homl. 243, 9
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  • Gilpes ðú girnest

    thou desirest glory,

    • Bt. 32
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    • Fox 114, 18
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  • Hú Orosius spræc ymb Rómána gylp hú hí manega folc oferwunnan

    how Orosius spoke of the glory of the Romans, how they overcame many peoples,

    • Ors. Bos. 12, 42
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  • Is ðæt unnet gelp

    that is useless glory,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 10, 34, 26
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    • Met. 10, 17, 13
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  • Nǽfre gielpes to georn

    never too eager for fame,

    • Exon. 77 b
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    • Th. 290, 22
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    • Wand. 69
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  • On ídel gylp

    in vanitate sua,

    • Ps. Th. 51, 6
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  • For dínum ídlan gilpe

    for thine idle boasting,

    • Blickl. Homl. 31, 14
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Etymology
[
Laym. ȝælp, ȝelp
:
Orm. ȝellp
:
O. Sax. gelp
:
O. H. Ger. gelf jactantia, [inania] gloria.
]
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  • GILP, n.