a. Obs. Also 1 læmpihalt, lemphald, -h(e)alt, 6 lympe hault. [OE. lęmphealt, f. *lamp-, abl.-var. of *limp-: see LIMP v.2] Lame, limping. Hence † Limphalting vbl. sb., limping.
a. 700. Epinal Gloss., 589. Lurdus, læmpihalt [Erfurt lemphihalt; Corpus lemphalt; Leiden lemphald].
c. 1050. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 433/17. Lurdus, lemphealt.
1530. Palsgr., 317/2. Lympe hault, boiteux.
1549. Chaloner, Erasm. on Folly, A iij. Vulcane, that lymphault smithe. Ibid., C ij. But when the Gods are sette at bankette, he plaieth the jester, now wyth hys lymphaultynge, now with his skoffinge.
