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lemian

  • verb [ weak ]
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lemian, p. ede
To lame, cripple, enfeeble, strike[?]
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  • Swá wildu hors ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ wé hié stráciaþ mid brádre handa and lemiaþ

    equos indomitos blanda pries manu tangimus,

    • Past. 41, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 303, 11
    • .
  • Hine sorhwylmas lemedon [MS. lemede] tó lange

    the waves of care had crippled him too long,

    • Beo. Th. 1814
    • ;
    • B. 905
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. lemja to beat so as to lame or disable, to suppress
:
O. H. Ger. lemian debilitare
:
Ger. lähmen.
]
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