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limpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
limpan, p. lamp, pl. lumpon
To befall, happen, fall (to one's share), pertain, belong, affect, concern
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  • Ða yfelan habbaþ gesǽlþa, and him gelimpþ (Cott. MS. limpþ) oft æfter heora ágnum willan,

    • Bt. 39, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 5
      • .

  • Ða unrihtwísan ne beóþ ná swylce ne him eác swá ne limpþ

    non sic impii, non sic,

    • Ps. Th. 1, 5
      • .

  • Eádig biþ ðæt folc ðe him swá on foldan fægre limpeþ

    beatum populum, cui hæc sunt,

    • 143, 19
      • :
    • Exon. 81 b
      • ;
    • Th. 306, 26
      • ;
    • Seef. 13
      • .

  • Hwæt limpeþ ðæs tó ðé of hwylcum wyrtruman ic ácenned sí

    quid ad te pertinet qua sim stirpe genitus?

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 477, 27
      • ,

  • Sorgaþ ymb óðerra monna wísan ðe him náuht tó ne limpþ

    is busied about other men's affairs, that do not all concern it,

    • Past. 53, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 415, 21
      • .

  • Ðis sind ða landgemǽra ðæs londes ðe lympþ tó Stúre

    these are the boundaries of the land that belongs to Stour,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl, iii. 81, 34
      • .

  • Hú lomp eów on láde

    what hap was yours by the way?

    • Beo. Th. 3978
      • ;
    • B. 1987
      • .

  • Twegra sceopa ðǽrtó ðe limpende beóþ

    of two ships that are thereto pertaining,

    • Chart. Th. 28, 26
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. limphan, limfan convenire.
]
Derived forms
á-, be-, ge-limpan
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “limpan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21699.

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