beyelp

B3E1Y4E1L1P3
/bɪˈjɛlp/

verb

To boast about or glory in, especially in a loud manner.

OriginMiddle English beyelpen ← Old English beġielpan →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person beyelps · participle present beyelping · participle past beyelped · past beyelped

  1. archaictransitiveTo boast about or glory in, especially in a loud manner.

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

    1829, John Dunlop (of Greenock.), Oliver Cromwell
    1 more example

    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.”

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishbeġielpan“to boast, exult”
  2. Middle Englishbeyelpen
  3. Englishbeyelp

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

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“beyelp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyelp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beyelp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyelp.

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