yelpen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝelp, ȝelpe, ȝelpen, yelpe ȝellpenn (Ormulum); ȝælpen, ȝeolpen (Laȝamon's Brut) yilp, ȝilpe, ȝulpe (Ireland, Southern, Southwest Midland) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English ġielpan, from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną. By surface analysis, yelp (“boasting”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɛlpən/ === Verb === yelpen (third-person singular simple present yelpeth, present participle yelpynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative yalp, past participle yolpen) (ambitransitive) To boast or brag; to exaggeratedly praise. (ambitransitive) To yell or shout; to cry out loudly. (ambitransitive, rare) To be audibly upset or distressed; to wail or lament. (chiefly intransitive, are) To expand upon; to talk about. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== yelp yelpere yelpynge ==== Descendants ==== English: yelp Middle Scots: ȝelp Scots: yelp ==== References ==== “yelpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 September 2018.