Gielpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gielpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: gilpan. gielpan

Definitions

1 gielpan

to glory, boast, vaunt; gloriāri, jactāre :-- Ðæt hý gielpan ne þorftan dǽdum that they should not boast of deeds, Exon. 36 a; Th. 116, 21; Gú. 210: 114 b; Th. 440, 4; Rä. 59, 12.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᛖᛚᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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