Gilp-cwide

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gilp-cwide

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 gilp-cwide

m. A boastful speech :-- Ðam wífe ða word wel lícodon gilpcwide Geátes well did those words please the woman, the boastful speech of the Gaut. Beo. Th. 1284; B. 640; Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 12; Gú, 1209. [O. Sax. gelp-quidi.] gilp-cwide

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᛚᛈ-ᚳᚹᛁᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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