limpan

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Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

limpan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of limpar

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *limpan.

Cognate with Old High German limphan, limpfan (Middle High German limpfen), Danish lempe, Norwegian lempe.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

limpan

  1. to happen, occur
  2. to happen to (someone); befall
  3. to affect, concern

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: lympen, limpen

References[edit]

  1. ^ Etymology of lempe in ODS: "jf. oht. (gi)limpfan, være passende, oeng. (ge)limpan, lykkes"

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *limpan.

Verb[edit]

limpan

  1. to occur, to happen

Conjugation[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

limpan

  1. definite singular of limpa