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gilpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§91; §316; §499; §625;
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to boast.
absolute
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  • Gelpð

    jactat

    ,
      Kent. Gl. 1051.
  • Gylpað gramhýdige, þá þín éhtan

    gloriati sunt qui oderunt te

    ,
      Ps. Th. 73, 4.
  • Ne mót nán preóst beón tó módig ne tó gilpende,

      Ll. Th. ii. 386, 10.
to boast of (
gen),
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  • Gif þú þæs gilpst, hú ne gilpst þú heora gódes, næs þínes?,

      Bt. 14, l; F. 42, 26.
  • Geþenc be ðǽm ge-byrdum, gif hwá þæs gilpþ (gelpð,

    v. l.

    ),
      30, l ; F. 108, 19.
  • Hé morðres gylpeð,

      B. 2055.
  • Þá gealp hé and fægnode Godes fultumes, Ps. Th. 4, arg. Ðá hé ongeat ðæt hié gulpun hiera fæstenes

    dum de abstinentiae virtute gloriantium praecepta perstringeret

    ,
      Past. 313, l.
to glory in (inst. )
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  • Lífe ne gielpeð, hláfordes gifum,

      Rä. 59, 12.
  • Þá hine wíg begeat, nealles folccyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte,

      B. 2874.
  • Hé cwæð ꝥ hý gielpan ne þorftan dǽdum wið Dryhtnes meahtum,

      Gú. 210.
with prep.
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  • Ðonne ðæt mód for his cræfta geearnunga gilpð and orsorglíce fægnað on him selfum

    m animus de virtutum meritis laeta apud se securitate gloriatur

    ,
      Past. 463, 27.
  • Tó þǽm tídun þe ús Rómáne oþwítað and tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié ús ealneg fore giel-pað, ꝥ úre ne sién ðǽm gelícan,

      Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 182, 16.
  • Þæt sindon þá gódan tída þe hié ealneg fore gielpað,

      5, I; S. 214, 4.
  • Tó ðǽm gódan tídan þe Rómáne fore gulpon,

      S. 4, 18.
  • Oððe hé for his góda mierringe gielpe (

    glorietur

    ),
      Past. 149, 20.
with clause giving the boast
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  • Þá wénde hé þæt hit Godes ágen wǽre; and se deófles man gealp þæt hé eác swá wǽre,

      Wlfst. 99, 18.
  • Hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?

    num audes alicujus talium splendore gloriari?

      Bt. 14, I ; F. 40, 22.
  • Gylpan ꝥ þú mæge Crístes þegnas oferswíþan,

      Bl. H. 175, 32.
uncertain construction
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  • Ne gilp ðú

    ne innitaris

    (v. ?
      Prov. 3, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 2.
with acc.?
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  • Swá [ne] gylpan þearf Grendles mága [ǽnig] úhthlem þone [the MS. is defective, but as Thorkelin's transcript gives b after swá perhaps begylpan

    may have been the original form :

    it is not found elsewhere however], B. 2006.
to speak highly of (gen.),
praise, applaud
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  • Ic gilpe

    subplaudo

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 29.
  • Þá gylpaþ

    applaudunt

    ,
      An. Ox. 4196.
  • Gulpan,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 5 (this ,
    and the preceding are glosses to Ald. 59, 5) : 3, 38 : 5, 33.
  • Ðá welwillen-dan sint tó manianne ðæt hié suá gielpan (gilpan, v. l.) hiera niéhstena dǽda

    sic proximorum facta diligendo laudent

    ,
      Past. 229, 14.
  • Gelpende

    subplaudans

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 46.
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