[gilp, gylp], st. m., speech in which one promises great things for himself in a coming combat, defiant speech, boasting speech: acc. sg. häfde ... Geát-mecga leód gilp gelæsted (had fulfilled what he had claimed for himself before the battle), [830]; nallas on gylp seleð fätte beágas, gives no chased gold rings for a boastful speech, [1750]; þät ic wið þone gûðflogan gylp ofersitte, restrain myself from the speech of defiance, [2529]; dat. sg. gylpe wiðgrîpan (fulfil my promise of battle), [2522].—Comp. dol-gilp.
[gilpan, gylpan], st. v. w. gen., acc., and dat., to make a defiant speech, to boast, to exult insolently: pres. sg. I. nô ic þäs gilpe (after a break in the text), [587]; sg. III. morðres gylpeð, boasts of the murder, [2056]; inf. swâ ne gylpan þearf Grendles maga ænig ... uhthlem þone, [2007]; nealles folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte, had no need to boast of his fellow-warrior, [2875]; pret. sg. hrêðsigora ne gealp goldwine Geáta, 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-hläden], 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-hläden, [869].
[gilp-spræc], same as [gilp-cwide], speech of defiance, boastful speech: dat. sg. on gylp-spræce, [982].
[gilp-word], st. n., defiant word before the coming combat, vaunting word: gen. pl. gespräc ... gylp-worda sum, [676].
[gim], st. m., gem, precious stone, jewel: nom. sg. heofones gim, heaven's jewel, i.e. the sun, [2073]. Comp. searo-gim.
[gimme-rîce], adj., rich in jewels: acc. sg. gimme-rîce hord-burh häleða, [466].
[gin] (according to Bout., ginne), adj., properly gaping, hence, wide, extended: acc. sg. gynne grund (the bottom of the sea), [1552].
[gin-fäst], adj., extensive, rich: acc. sg. gim-fäste gife (gim-, on account of the following f), [1272]; in weak form, gin-fästan gife, [2183].