, _laden with boasts of
defiance_
(i.
Beowulf
III.
morðres gylpeð, _boasts of the murder_, 2056;
inf. swā ne gylpan þearf Grendles maga ǣnig . . . ūhthlem þone, 2007; nealles
folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte, _had no need to boast of his
fellow-warrior_, 2875; pret. sg. hrēðsigora ne gealp goldwine Gēata, _did
not exult at the glorious victory_ (could not gain the victory over the
drake), 2584.
gilp-cwide, st. m. , _speech in which a man promises much for himself for a
coming combat, speech of defiance_: nom. sg. , 641.
gilp-hlæden, pret. part.
, _laden with boasts of defiance_ (i. e. he who has
made many such boasts, and consequently has been victorious in many
combats), _covered with glory_: nom. sg. guma gilp-hlæden, 869.
gilp-sprǣc, same as gilp-cwide, _speech of defiance, boastful speech_: dat.
sg. on gylp-sprǣce, 982.
gilp-word, st. n. , _defiant word before the coming combat, vaunting word_:
gen. pl. gespræc . . . gylp-worda sum, 676.
inf. swā ne gylpan þearf Grendles maga ǣnig . . . ūhthlem þone, 2007; nealles
folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte, _had no need to boast of his
fellow-warrior_, 2875; pret. sg. hrēðsigora ne gealp goldwine Gēata, _did
not exult at the glorious victory_ (could not gain the victory over the
drake), 2584.
gilp-cwide, st. m. , _speech in which a man promises much for himself for a
coming combat, speech of defiance_: nom. sg. , 641.
gilp-hlæden, pret. part.
, _laden with boasts of defiance_ (i. e. he who has
made many such boasts, and consequently has been victorious in many
combats), _covered with glory_: nom. sg. guma gilp-hlæden, 869.
gilp-sprǣc, same as gilp-cwide, _speech of defiance, boastful speech_: dat.
sg. on gylp-sprǣce, 982.
gilp-word, st. n. , _defiant word before the coming combat, vaunting word_:
gen. pl. gespræc . . . gylp-worda sum, 676.
