Gilp

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gilp

Add: n. (l) pride, arrogance, vainglory :-- Fastus, elatio vel geþungennes vel gelp vel arrogantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 41. ꝥ mycele gylp and seó unrihtgītsung . . . ꝥ is eal mycel synn beforan Gode, Bl. H. 53, 21. Hī flugon forhtigende . . . gylp weard gnornra, Exod. 454. Hié gylp beswāc, wīndruncen gewit, Dan. 752. Þȳ lǣs him gilp scedde, odde fore þǣre mǣrde mōd āstīge, Crä. 100: Cri. 684. Gylpes ostenta-tionis (indicium), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 22 : 64, 38. Gilpes arrogantiae. 2, 9. Tōþundenes gylpes tumentis iactantie, An. Ox. 5374. Gesticced mid dǣre scylde gielpes (gilpes, ) arrogantiae culpa tratisfixus, Past. 217, 6. Hē monna cynne gielpes stȳred, Crä. 105. Hē in gylpe wæs, Dan. 636. Se āwiergda gǽst hit lǣrd done gielp, Past. 463, 30. Hē āgeát gylp wera, Exod. 514. Gylp forbēgan, An. 1335. Hæfdon hié gielp micel, Gen. 25. Hē on gylp āstāg he became proud, Met. 9, 46. Gyddigan þurh gylp micel, Dan. 599 : 695. (v. īdel; III.) (2) action that shows pride, ostentation :-- Ne sylþ hē hit ūs tō þon ꝥ wē hit hȳdon oþþe tō gylpe syllan, Bl. H. 53, 17. Nō þæt þīn aldor ǣfre wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, ne þȳ hrador hrēmde, Dan. 755. Þaelig;t hē ne āgǣle gǣstes þearfe ne on gylp geóte, Cri. 818. (3) where pride finds expression in words, boasting :-- Hwǣr beóþ þā ungemetlican hleahtras and se leása gylp and ealle þā īdlan word, Bl. H. 53, 18. Ic gehȳre ealogālra gylp, yfele sprǣce werod habban, Gen. 2408. Ic com on mōde from, þæt ic wid þone gūdflogan gylp ofersitte, B. 2528. (3 a) a par-ticular instance of boasting, a boast, vaunt, promise to do great things :-- Ic wāt hwæt se Rōmāna gelp swīþost is, for þon þe hió monega folc oferwunnan, and monege cyningas beforan hiera triumphan drifon, Ors. 5, l; S. 214, l. ' Þū (Babylon) eart mīn seó mǣre burh þe ic geworhte . . . For þām gylpe hē forfangen weard, Dan. 613. Hæfde hē Eást-denum gilp gelǣsted, B. 829. Þā hleahtras and þā ārleásan gylpas, Bl. H. 195, 16. (4) glory, applause, fame, name, renown :-- Hwæt rūmedlices odde micellices hæfþ se eówer gilp quid habet amplum magnificumque gloria?. Bt. 18, l ; F. 62, 22 : 19; F. 70, 17. Is þē geeówad þāra leásena gesǣlþa anlīcnes, ꝥ is ǣhta and weordscipe and anweald and gelp (gielp , v. l. Cf. þæt mon seó foremǣre and hæbbe gōdne hlīsan, 24, I ; F. 82, 10.) habes ante oculos propositam formam felicitatis humanae, opes, honores, potentiam, gloriam, 24, 3 ; F. 84, 20. Bid wēn lādlicre scome . . . geótende gielp there will be chance of foul shame, good fame will befalling, Fä. 41. Gītsung gilpes, Met. 7, 15. Gelpes, 10, 13. Gif ic wiste hū wid þām āglǣcan elles meahte gylpe (with glory) widgrīpan, B. 2521. Sē de bid ūpāhafen mid dȳ gefeán and mid dȳ gielpe (gilpe, v. l.) disse worulde quos consolatio gloriae temporalis extollit. Past. 183, 4. Ðonne se mon nō his āgenne gielp (gloriam) mid ne sēcd, ac dæs ūplican Fæder . . . hē hæfd gewitnesse. . . dæt hē hit for Gode dyde, næs for gielpe, 451, 15-18. Mā manna hæfþ mīcelne gilp (gielp, v. l.) . . . for dysiges folces wēnan, þonne hē hæbbe for his gewyrhtum plures magnum nomen falsis vulgi opinionibus abstulerunt, Bt. 30, I ; F. 108, 3. Þū goda ūssa gilp gehnǣgdest, An. 1321. Hē nallas on gylp seled beágas he gives not rings to gain glory, B. 1749. v. dol-, īdel-, leás-, unribt-, weorold-gilp. gilp

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