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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Limp,) Lymp, v. (? ME. lymp-, limpe(n. p.t. (15th c.) lympede, -ide, OE. limpan to befall, happen, with the sense (not found in ME. or OE.) ‘to chance to be or come’: cf. Lamp v.²) — c1450-2 Howlat 969.
Tharfor I ly in the lyme lympit lathast [B. in the lymb lympet the lathaist]