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

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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.”

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