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† himp, v. Obs. or dial.
Also 6 hymp(e.
[Found first in 16th c.; identical with Ger. dial. humpen, hümpen, himpen, Da. dial, hompen to hobble.]
intr. To limp, to hobble.
1533More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 766/1 If..the good wyfe of the bottell of Botolphs warfe, that..halteth both in body and soule..would hympe forth among them and say, by saint Halkin father Barns [etc.]. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 180 Lame of one leg, and himping all his dayes. Ibid. 206 The deformitee and disfigure of hymping on the one legge..did still remain. 1552Huloet, Hympe, loke in halt. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Himp, to limp.
Hence † himp-halt [cf. OE. lemp halt (Corpus Gl.), laempihalt (Epinal), ‘lurdus’], one who walks with a limp. (In quot. as a nickname.)
1533More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 770/1 At that worde woulde hympe halt his hostes hoppe foorth againe, and say mary syr that it were in dede for me. |