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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1515-1596
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Halt, v. Also: hault. [e.m.E. hault, halt, ME. halt, halte(n, OE. haltian, healtian.] intr. To be a cripple; to go lame, limp. Also fig. a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 572.
He fel in the parlesy & haltyte als in sum party c1515 Asloan MS I. 268/7.
This king, becaus his eldest son haltit, … maid his next sone … kepare of the land c1515 Ib. 314/10.
The angell brak a sennoun in Iacobis thé, for the quhilk he haltit 1570 Satirical Poems xvi. 90.
Led with thame that haultisfig. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages Ep. 23.
Gif sum verse haltis, or ony cullouris crakit 1596 Dalr. II. 381/16.
Quhill the realme … was ouerset with weiris and halted lyke a schip amang craigs 1596 Ib. 422/16.
Doctouris to confirme quha was vtterlie halteng
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