hū lomp ēow on lāde (_how went it with you on the
journey?
Beowulf
, _seafarer, sailor_: gen. pl. lid-manna, 1624.
lim, st. n., _limb, branch_: instr. pl. leomum, 97.
limpan, st. v., _to happen, befall_ (well or ill); impers. w. dat. pret.
sg.
hū lomp ēow on lāde (_how went it with you on the
journey?_), 1988.
ā-limpan, _to come about, offer itself_: pret. sg. oð þæt sǣl ā-lamp (_till
the opportunity presented itself_), 623; pret. part, þā him ā-lumpen wæs
wistfylle wēn (_since a hope of a full meal had befallen him_), 734.
be-limpan, _to happen to, befall_: pret. sg. him sīo sār belamp, 2469.
ge-limpan, _to happen, occur, turn out_: pres. sg. III. hit eft gelimpeð
þæt..., 1754; subj.
