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Old English · verb

gielpan

Normalised ġielpan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈji͜yl.pɑn/
[ˈji͜yɫ.pɑn]
Syllables
ˈji͜yl · pɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
bragyelpboast

Meaning

  1. to glory, boast, brag (+ genitive about something)

    Hē ġealp þæt him nāwiht wiþstandan ne meahte.

    He bragged that nothing could withstand him.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Conjugation

Conjugation of gielpan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġielpeġealp
2nd singular ġilpstgulpe
3rd singular ġilpþġealp
Plural ġielpaþgulpon
Subjunctive
Singular ġielpegulpe
Plural ġielpengulpen
Non-finite forms of gielpan
Form
Infinitive ġielpan
Inflected infinitive ġielpenne
Imperative singular ġielp
Imperative plural ġielpaþ
Present participle ġielpende
Past participle golpenġegolpen

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną.

Descendants

yelp

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