hirplev.

Brit.

/ˈhəːp(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈhərp(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ˈhɪrp(ə)l/

Etymology: Origin unknown. (Its coincidence in sound and sense with Greek ἕρπειν is noticeable.)

Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect.

intransitive. To move with a gait between walking and crawling; to walk lamely, to drag a limb, to hobble. In early use said of the hare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unevenly

hobble1362

clockc1400

hirple?a1500

hitch1513

himp1533

cramble1607

himple1656

hoit1786

tolter1821

hippity-hoppity1830

clop1863

hippity hop1879

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 903 in Poems (1981) 38 The hardbakkit hurcheoun, and the hirpland hair.

1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (Wreittonn) 31 in Poems (1910) 73 I saw the Hurcheon and the Hare In hidlings hirpling heere and there.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 44 (Jam.) To Colin's house..He, tired and weary, hirpled down the brae.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Hirple, to limp in walking.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 117 Hirpling round from time to time.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vii. 180 Neil Ronaldson, that canna walk a mile to hear the minister, but he will hirple ten if he hears of a ship embayed.

1866 J. Payn Mirk Abbey II. 96 An old man and his wife..came hirpling out.

figurative.1793 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 554 November hirples o'er the lea, Chill, on thy lovely form.1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 17 It [the speech] ran or rather hirpled somewhat as follows.

Derivatives

hirpling adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > uneven

hobbling1545

dot and go one1818

hirpling1821

hippity-hoppity1877

hippity-hop1888

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. v. 112 They will be waiting on him, hirpling useless body.

hirple n. a crawling or limping gait.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > uneven or clumsy

hobble1726

hirple1830

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. vii. i. 10 Whose gallop was never better than a hirple.

a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) ii. 119 With a slow stealthy step—something between a walk and a hirple.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	hirple
释义	hirplev. Brit. /ˈhəːp(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈhərp(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈhɪrp(ə)l/ Etymology: Origin unknown. (Its coincidence in sound and sense with Greek ἕρπειν is noticeable.) Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect. intransitive. To move with a gait between walking and crawling; to walk lamely, to drag a limb, to hobble. In early use said of the hare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unevenly hobble1362 clockc1400 hirple?a1500 hitch1513 himp1533 cramble1607 himple1656 hoit1786 tolter1821 hippity-hoppity1830 clop1863 hippity hop1879 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 903 in Poems (1981) 38 The hardbakkit hurcheoun, and the hirpland hair. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (Wreittonn) 31 in Poems (1910) 73 I saw the Hurcheon and the Hare In hidlings hirpling heere and there. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 44 (Jam.) To Colin's house..He, tired and weary, hirpled down the brae. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Hirple, to limp in walking. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 117 Hirpling round from time to time. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vii. 180 Neil Ronaldson, that canna walk a mile to hear the minister, but he will hirple ten if he hears of a ship embayed. 1866 J. Payn Mirk Abbey II. 96 An old man and his wife..came hirpling out. figurative.1793 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 554 November hirples o'er the lea, Chill, on thy lovely form.1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 17 It [the speech] ran or rather hirpled somewhat as follows. Derivatives hirpling adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > uneven hobbling1545 dot and go one1818 hirpling1821 hippity-hoppity1877 hippity-hop1888 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. v. 112 They will be waiting on him, hirpling useless body. hirple n. a crawling or limping gait. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > uneven or clumsy hobble1726 hirple1830 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. vii. i. 10 Whose gallop was never better than a hirple. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) ii. 119 With a slow stealthy step—something between a walk and a hirple. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.?a1500
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