hirple
Meaning
Verb
- to walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
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Origin
- A word of unknown origin, first recorded in Scots sources from the late fifteenth century; but probably from Old Norse herpast ("to suffer from cramp") the middle voice verb. Compare the Icelandic herpa ("to contract, to draw together").
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