单词 | belimb |
释义 | belimbv. Now rare (archaic in later use). transitive. To cut off a limb or the limbs of, to dismember, mutilate. Cf. limb v. 1a. †Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] wemc900 slaya1000 alithOE hamblea1050 belimbc1225 dismember1297 lamec1300 maimc1325 shearc1330 unablec1380 emblemishc1384 magglec1425 magc1450 demember1491 disablea1492 manglea1500 menyie?a1513 mayhem1533 mutilatec1570 martyr1592 stump1596 bemaim1605 cripplea1616 martyrize1615 deartuate1623 hamstring1641 becripple1660 limb1674 truncate1727 dislimb1855 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 987 For hwas luue ich þolie þet me þus bilimeð [c1225 Bodl. 34 bilimieð] me. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 184 Cwemeð he nu wel godd þe þus bilimeð [a1400 Pepys bilymeþ] him of him seolf? c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14654 Ælcne bilefued mon he lette bi-limien. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 564 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 122 Ani Man schal beon bi-leomed [c1300 Harl. bylymed] oþur to deþe i-do. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 5765 Þe kniȝtes..Mani þer slouȝ in litel stounde And bilimeden. 1831 Olio 1 Oct. 163/2 Approach me once again with thy damnable knives, and I will belimb thee. 1983 K. A. McClane Tree beyond telling 33 Its stem already branchless, its nubs belimbed and lifeless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1225 |
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