† alimpv.

Forms: see a- prefix¹ and limp v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix¹, limp v.¹

Etymology: < a- prefix¹ + limp v.¹In Old English a strong verb of Class III; distinctively strong inflections survive into Middle English. The form in quot. c1275 may perhaps alternatively represent a variant of i-limp v.; compare a- prefix².

Obsolete.

intransitive. To happen, occur, befall. Usually with person as indirect object. Also impersonal.In Old English (and early Middle English) with dative of person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > happen to

tocomeeOE

limpc888

i-timeOE

alimpOE

comeOE

on-becomeOE

tidec1000

befallc1175

betidec1175

betimea1225

fallc1225

time?c1225

yfallc1275

timea1325

happena1393

to run upon ——a1393

behapa1450

bechance1530

succeeda1533

attaina1535

behappen1596

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > come about by chance

alimpOE

fallc1175

fortunec1369

chance1393

hapa1398

to fall profitc1475

adventurec1540

to fall out1556

befall1591

befortunea1616

happen1833

random1921

OE Beowulf (2008) 622 Oþ þæt sæl alamp þæt hio Beowulfe..medoful ætbær.

OE Beowulf (2008) 733 Mynte þæt he gedælde..atol aglæca, anra gehwylces lif wið lice, þa him alumpen wæs wistfylle wen.

OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxlii. 5 Þonne ic on mode gemyndgade, hu me ærran dagas oft alumpan, metegade on mode..ealle þine mæran weorc.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9008 Þa while him a-lomp [c1300 Otho bi-fulle] wurs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	alimp
释义	† alimpv. Forms: see a- prefix¹ and limp v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix¹, limp v.¹ Etymology: < a- prefix¹ + limp v.¹In Old English a strong verb of Class III; distinctively strong inflections survive into Middle English. The form in quot. c1275 may perhaps alternatively represent a variant of i-limp v.; compare a- prefix². Obsolete. intransitive. To happen, occur, befall. Usually with person as indirect object. Also impersonal.In Old English (and early Middle English) with dative of person. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > happen to tocomeeOE limpc888 i-timeOE alimpOE comeOE on-becomeOE tidec1000 befallc1175 betidec1175 betimea1225 fallc1225 time?c1225 yfallc1275 timea1325 happena1393 to run upon ——a1393 behapa1450 bechance1530 succeeda1533 attaina1535 behappen1596 the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > come about by chance alimpOE fallc1175 fortunec1369 chance1393 hapa1398 to fall profitc1475 adventurec1540 to fall out1556 befall1591 befortunea1616 happen1833 random1921 OE Beowulf (2008) 622 Oþ þæt sæl alamp þæt hio Beowulfe..medoful ætbær. OE Beowulf (2008) 733 Mynte þæt he gedælde..atol aglæca, anra gehwylces lif wið lice, þa him alumpen wæs wistfylle wen. OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxlii. 5 Þonne ic on mode gemyndgade, hu me ærran dagas oft alumpan, metegade on mode..ealle þine mæran weorc. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9008 Þa while him a-lomp [c1300 Otho bi-fulle] wurs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.OE
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