Mis-limpan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mis-limpan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

mis-limpan
to turn out unfortunately :-- Æfer ðæm ðe him swá oftrǽdlíce mislamp hié angunnan hit wítan heora látteówum iterum infelicius victi sunt; propter quod ducem suum exsulare jusserunt, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 24. Nis nán wundor ðeáh ús mislimpe it is no wonder, though we have ill success. Wulfst. 163, 16. Gif hit geweorðe ðæt folce mislimpe þurh here oððon hunger, L. I. P. 18; Th. ii. 324, 28. [O. E. Homl. him mai sone mislimpe.] mis-limpan
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