† limphalt, a. Obs.
Also 1 læmpihalt, lemphald, -h(e)alt, 6 lympe hault.
[OE. lęmphealt, f. *lamp-, abl.-var. of *limp-: see limp v.2]
Lame, limping. Hence † limphalting vbl. n., limping.
| a 700 Epinal Gloss. 589 Lurdus, læmpihalt [Erfurt lemphihalt; Corpus lemphalt; Leiden lemphald]. c 1050 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 433/17 Lurdus, lemphealt. 1530 Palsgr. 317/2 Lympe hault, boiteux. 1549 Chaloner Erasm. on Folly A iij, Vulcane, that lymphault smithe. Ibid. C ij, But when the Gods are sette at bankette, he plaieth the jester, now wyth hys lymphaultynge, now with his skoffinge. |