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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gilplíc

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adj. Ostentatious, pompous, proud, vain-glorious :-- Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd gif Crist scute ðá adún it would have been a very vain glorious act if Christ had thrown himself down then, Homl. Th. i. 170, 21. Gierelan gielplíces of pompous garb, Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 3; Gú. 138: 38 b; Th. 127, 22; Gú. 390. gilplic,gilp-lic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᛚᛈᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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