belimpen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English belimpan (“to concern, regard, belong to, conduce to, happen, befall, become, befit”), equivalent to be- + limpen (“to happen”).
Verb
editbelimpen (third-person singular simple present belimpeth, present participle belimpende, first-/third-person singular past indicative belamp, past participle belumpen)
- (intransitive) To happen; occur; befall.
- (intransitive) To pertain (to something); be concerned (with); to be proper or fitting.
References
edit- “bilimpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.