- lemphealt
- adj limping
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
lemphealt
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Limp — (l[i^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Limped} (l[i^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limping}.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame, OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to limp, a [root]120.] To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Limped — Limp Limp (l[i^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Limped} (l[i^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limping}.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame, OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to limp, a [root]120.] To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Limping — Limp Limp (l[i^]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Limped} (l[i^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limping}.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame, OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to limp, a [root]120.] To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
limp — I. intransitive verb Etymology: probably from Middle English lympen to fall short; akin to Old English limpan to happen, lemphealt lame Date: circa 1570 1. a. to walk lamely; especially to walk favoring one leg b. to go unsteadily ; falter 2. to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
limp — limp1 limper, n. limpingly, adv. /limp/, v.i. 1. to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame. 2. to proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner: His writing limps from one cliché to another. The old car limped along. 3. to progress… … Universalium
limp — English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
limp — {{11}}limp (adj.) 1706, flaccid, drooping, of obscure origin, perhaps related to LIMP (Cf. limp) (v.). {{12}}limp (v.) 1560s, of unknown origin, perhaps related to M.E. lympen to fall short (c.1400), which is probably from O.E. lemphealt halting … Etymology dictionary
limp — I [[t]lɪmp[/t]] v. i. 1) pat to walk with a labored movement, as when lame 2) to proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner 3) to progress with great difficulty 4) a lame movement or gait • Etymology: 1560–70; extracted from obs. limphault… … From formal English to slang
limp — I. /lɪmp / (say limp) verb (i) 1. to walk with a laboured, jerky movement, as when lame; progress with great difficulty. 2. to proceed in a lame or faltering manner: his verse limps. –noun 3. a lame movement or gait. {Middle English; compare… …
limp — English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was … Word origins
