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pride, arrogance, vainglory
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  • Fastus, elatio vel geþungennes vel gelp

    vel arrogantia

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 41.
  • ꝥ mycele gylp and seó unrihtgítsung . . . ꝥ iss

  • Hí flugon forhtigende . . . gylp wearð gnornra,

      Exod. 454.

  • Hié gylp beswác, wíndruncen gewit,

      Dan. 752.

  • Þý lǽs him gilp scedðe, oððe fore þǽre mǽrðe mód ástíge,

      Crä. 100: Cri. 684.

  • Gylpes

    ostenta-tionis (indicium ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 22 : 64, 38.

  • Gilpes

    arrogantiae

    .
      2, 9.

  • Tóþundenes gylpes

    tumentis iactantię

    ,
      An. Ox. 5374.

  • Gesticced mid ðǽre scylde gielpes (gilpes,

    v. l.) arrogantiae culpa tratisfixus

    ,
      Past. 217, 6.

  • Hé monna cynne gielpes stýreð,

      Crä. 105.

  • Hé in gylpe wæs,

      Dan. 636.

  • Se áwiergda gǽst hit lǽrð ðone gielp,

      Past. 463, 30.

  • Hé ágeát gylp wera,

      Exod. 514.

  • Gylp forbégan,

      An. 1335.

  • Hæfdon hié gielp micel,

      Gen. 25.

  • Hé on gylp ástág

    he became proud

    ,
      Met. 9, 46.

  • Gyddigan þurh gylp micel,

      Dan. 599 : 695. (v. ídel;
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action that shows pride, ostentation
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  • Ne sylþ hé hit ús tó þon ꝥ wé hit hýdon oþþe tó gylpe syllan,

      Bl. H. 53, 17.

  • Nó þæt þín aldor ǽfre wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, ne þý hraðor hrémde,

      Dan. 755.

  • Þaelig;t hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe ne on gylp geóte,

      Cri. 818.
where pride finds expression in words,
boasting
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  • Hwǽr beóþ þá ungemetlican hleahtras and se leása gylp and ealle þá ídlan word,

      Bl. H. 53, 18.

  • Ic gehýre ealogálra gylp, yfele sprǽce werod habban,

      Gen. 2408.

  • Ic com on móde from, þæt ic wið þone gúðflogan gylp ofersitte, B. 2528. (3 a)

    a par-ticular instance of boasting, a boast, vaunt, promise to do great things :-- Ic wát hwæt se Rómána gelp swíþost is, for þon þe hió monega folc oferwunnan, and monege cyningas beforan hiera triumphan drifon, Ors. 5, l; S. 214, l. ' Þú (Babylon )

    eart mín seó mǽre burh þe ic geworhte . . . ' For þám gylpe hé forfangen wearð,
      Dan. 613.

  • Hæfde hé Eást-denum gilp gelǽsted,

      B. 829.

  • Þá hleahtras and þá árleásan gylpas,

      Bl. H. 195, 16.
glory, applause, fame, name, renown
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  • Hwæt rúmedlices oððe micellices hæfþ se eówer gilp

    quid habet amplum magnificumque gloria?

    .
      Bt. 18, l ; F. 62, 22 : 19; F. 70, 17.

  • Is þé geeówad þára leásena gesǽlþa anlícnes, ꝥ is ǽhta and weorðscipe and anweald and gelp (gielp , v. l. Cf. þæt mon seó foremǽre and hæbbe gódne hlísan, 24, I ; F. 82, 10.)

    habes ante oculos propositam formam felicitatis humanae, opes, honores, potentiam, gloriam

    ,
      24, 3 ; F. 84, 20.

  • Bið wén láðlicre scome . . . geótende gielp

    there will be chance of foul shame, good fame will befalling

    ,
      Fä. 41.

  • Gítsung gilpes,

      Met. 7, 15.

  • Gelpes,

      10, 13.

  • Gif ic wiste hú wið þám áglǽcan elles meahte gylpe (

    with glory

    ) wiðgrípan,
      B. 2521.

  • Sé ðe bið úpáhafen mid ðý gefeán and mid ðý gielpe (gilpe, v. l.) ðisse worulde

    quos consolatio gloriae temporalis extollit

    .
      Past. 183, 4.

  • Ðonne se mon nó his ágenne gielp (

    gloriam

    ) mid ne sécð, ac ðæs úplican Fæder . . . hé hæfð gewitnesse. . . ðæt hé hit for Gode dyde, næs for gielpe,
      451, 15-18.

  • Má manna hæfþ mícelne gilp (gielp, v. l.) . . . for dysiges folces wénan, þonne hé hæbbe for his gewyrhtum

    plures magnum nomen falsis vulgi opinionibus abstulerunt

    ,
      Bt. 30, I ; F. 108, 3.

  • Þú goda ússa gilp gehnǽgdest,

      An. 1321.

  • Hé nallas on gylp seleð beágas

    he gives not rings to gain glory

    ,
      B. 1749.
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v. dol-gilp, ídel-gilp, leás-gilp, unribt-gilp, weorold-gilp.
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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/50758.

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