the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [verb (intransitive)] (2)
Alleged by Langland to have formerly meant: To halt, be lame. Obsolete.
intransitive. Esp. of the legs: to be or become incurved. Hence (esp. of a horse): to be lame; to limp, to hobble. Cf. cripple, n. adj. Now rare.