hirple

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hirple

/ˈhɜː.pəl/ UK

Sounds like hurple · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)pəl

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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”).

verb hirples · hirpling · hirpled

Northern, Scotland, UK, intransitive To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling. I saw the hurcheon and the hare In hidlings hirpling here and there,
Similar: hobble, hurple

noun hirples

Scotland A limp.

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@misc{hirple_2026,
  title = {hirple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hirple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}