Gelpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gelpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: gilpan. gelpan

Definitions

1 gelpan

to boast; glōriāri :-- Gif hwá ðæs gelpþ if any one boast of it, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 19, MS. Bod.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᛚᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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