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gilpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
gilpan, gielpan, gylpan, ic gilpe, gielpe, gylpe, ðú gilpst, gielpst, gylpst, he gilpþ, gielpþ, pl. gilpaþ, gielpaþ, gylpaþ; p. gealp, pl. gulpon; pp. golpen
Wright's OE grammar
§91; §316; §499; §625;
To glory, boast, desire earnestly;< /i> gloriari
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  • Gif ðú gilpan wille, gilp Godes

    if thou wilt glory, glory in God.

    • Bt. 14, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 40, 24
      • .

  • Nó ðæs gilpan þearf synfull sáwel

    the sinful soul need not boast of this,

    • Exon. 116 b
      • ;
    • Th. 449, 9
      • ;
    • Dom. 68
      • .

  • Ðæt hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste

    that he liked to boast of such sport,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 38
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 19
      • .

  • Ðæt ðú wile gilpan

    that thou wilt boast,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 409
      • ;
    • Sal. 205
      • .

  • Ic wundrige forhwí hí gilpan swelces anwealdes

    I wonder why they boast of such power,

    • Bt. 29, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 104, 1
      • .

  • Gelpan ne þorfte

    had no cause to boast,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 114, 10
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 44
      • .

  • Gylpan,

    • Beo. Th. 4016
      • ;
    • B. 2006
      • :
    • 5740
      • ;
    • B. 2874
      • .

  • Ná ic ðæs gylpe

    I boast not of that,

    • 1177
      • ;
    • B. 586
      • :
    • 4116
      • ;
    • B. 2055
      • .

  • Hú lande mánwyrhtan morðre gylpaþ

    usquequo peccatores gloriabuntur?

    • Ps. Th. 93, 3
      • :
    • 73, 4
      • .

  • He gealp, ðæt him nówiht wiðstandan mihte

    nihil resistĕre posse jactābat,

    • Bd. 3, 1
      • ;
    • S. 524, 8
      • .

  • Hréþsigora ne gealp

    he boasted not of glorious victories,

    • Beo. Th. 5160
      • ;
    • B. 2583
      • .

  • Burga aldor gramlíce gealp

    the ruler of towns angrily boasted,

    • Cd. 210
      • ;
    • Th. 260, 23
      • ;
    • Dan. 714
      • .

  • Swíðe gulpon

    they exceedingly boasted,

    • 210
      • ;
    • Th. 260, 20
      • ;
    • Dan. 712
      • .

  • Sigore gulpon

    they boasted of victory

    • Cd. 94
      • ;
    • Th. 121, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 2017
      • .

  • Firenum gulpon

    they wickedly boasted,

    • Exon. 36 b
      • ;
    • Th. 118, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 236
      • .

  • Ðæt hí ne gulpan ðæs

    that they may not boast of it.

    • Ps. Th. 74, 4
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym ȝælpen, ȝelpen
:
Orm. ȝellpenn, ȝillpenn
:
Chauc. yelpe to boast.
]
Linked entries
v.  gelpan gielpan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “gilpan.” 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/17069.

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