beyelp

English

Etymology

From Middle English beyelpen, from Old English beġielpan (“to boast, exult”), equivalent to be- +‎ yelp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈjɛlp/

Verb

beyelp (third-person singular simple present beyelps, present participle beyelping, simple past and past participle beyelped)

1. (transitive, archaic) To boast about or glory in, especially in a loud manner.
   • 1829, John Dunlop (of Greenock.), Oliver Cromwell:

     Aye, e'en the curs and mastiffs of the flock Grin and beyelp the stinting combatant.

   • 1948, Dante Alighieri, Dante, Theologian: The Divine Comedy, page 36:

     My sage, who knew why thus he did beyelp me, did comfort me: “Keep now thy courage plucking: what power he has with emptiness is sated, and soon our course shall down this rock be ducking.”

Anagrams

• Pebley, bleepy