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verb
To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern, Scotland, UK, intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
A word of unknown origin, first recorded in Scots sources from the late fifteenth century; but probably from Old Norse herpast (“to suffer from cramp”) the middle voice verb. Compare the Icelandic herpa (“to contract, to draw together”).
