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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lame, Laim, Leam, v. Also: lem-. [ME. lame (c 1300), f. Lame,a.] tr. To lame; to cripple, maim, disable, also of, in, on the part affected, and from (fra) work.(1) 1375 Barb. iv. 284.
The King … Wes laid at erd and lamyt bath 1521 Fife Sheriff Ct. 272.
[They] slew [him] & hurt & lamyt his syster 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 297.
Their wes … slauchter to the nummber of xvij, and xv lamit 1593 Crim. Trials I. ii. 305.
[They] drownit, lamyt, dememberit and tuke a grite nowmer of prisonaris 1602 Conv. Burghs II. 138.
Gif … ony … becumis hurt or lameit(b) c 1580 Maxwell Mem. II. 146.
They laimit ane pert of thame, and muitillett ane wther pairt c1615 Chron. Kings 164.
With moskattis … sindrie of his small cumpany [wes] laimit(c) 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. (S.T.S.) 232/30.
Thair oxin ran wod … and leamit sum pleugh men(2) 1533 Boece ix. xii. 317 b.
Eldefrede of the tane E was lamyt Ib. xiii. vii. 513.
Of ane hand he was lamyt c 1570 Wemyss Chart. 201.
The saidis personis … lamit him in his leg 16.. Hist. Kennedy 42.
He wes … lemmit one his hand(3) transf. a 1568 Sat. P. xlvii. 51.
Catitois clerkis, … Now ȝe ar lamit fra labour, I lament it, Ȝour pistolis twmit [etc.]
