GILP
- noun [ masculine ]
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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 :
- 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 ;
- Fox 108, 20 :
- Cd. 219 ;
- Th. 280, 12 ;
- Sat. 254 :
- 4 ;
- Th. 5, 10 ;
- Gen. 69 :
- Blickl. Homl. 243, 9 .
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Gilpes ðú girnest
thou desirest glory,
- Bt. 32 ;
- 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 ;
- Met. 10, 17, 13 .
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Nǽfre gielpes to georn
never too eager for fame,
- Exon. 77 b ;
- Th. 290, 22 ;
- 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 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “GILP.” 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/17068.
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