gildan, gyldan, st. v., _to do something in return, to repay, to reward, to pay_: inf. gomban gyldan, _pay tribute_, 11; he mid gôde gyldan wille uncran eaferan, 1185; we him þâ gûðgeatwa gyldan woldon, 2637; pret. sg. heaðoræsas geald mearum and mâðmum, _repaid the battles with horses and treasures_, 1048; similarly, 2492; geald þone gûðræs ... Jofore and Wulfe mid ofermâðmum, _repaid Eofor and Wulf the battle with exceedingly great treasures_, 2992. an-gildan, _to pay for_: pret. sg. sum sâre angeald æfenräste, _one_ (Äschere) _paid for the evening-rest with death's pain_, 1252. â-gildan, _to offer one's self_: pret. sg. þâ me sæl âgeald, _when the favorable opportunity offered itself_, 1666; similarly, þâ him rûm âgeald, 2691. for-gildan, _to repay, to do something in return, to reward_: pres. subj. sg. III. alwalda þec gôde forgylde, _may the ruler of all reward thee with good_, 957; inf. þone ænne hêht golde forgyldan, _he ordered that the one_ (killed by Grendel) _be paid for_ (atoned for) _with gold_, 1055; he ... wolde Grendle for-gyldan gûðræsa fela, _wished to pay Grendel for many attacks_, 1578; wolde se lâða lîge forgyldan drinc-fät dýre, _the enemy wished to repay with fire the costly drinking vessel_ (the theft of it), 2306; pret. sg. he him þäs leán forgeald, _he gave them the reward therefore_, 114; similarly, 1542, 1585, 2095; forgeald hraðe wyrsan wrixle wälhlem þone, _repaid the murderous blow with a worse exchange_, 2969. 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.