Fóre-gilpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fóre-gilpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 fóre-gilpan

p. -gealp, pl. -gulpon; pp. -golpen To boast greatly; valde jactāre :-- Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13. fore-gilpan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛖ-ᚷᛁᛚᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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