belimpan

From be- +‎ limpan.

• IPA^(key): /beˈlim.pɑn/

belimpan

1. to happen
2. to belong
   • Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan

     And Weonodland wæs ūs ealne weġ, on steorbord, ōð Wīslemūðan. Sēo Wīsle is swyðe myċel ēa, and hīo tōlīð Witland, and Weonodland; and ðæt Witland belimpeð tō Ēstum

     Slavia was to our starboard the whole way to the mouth of the Vistula. The Vistula is a very great river, and it divides Witland and Slavia; and Witland belongs to the Estonians

3. to have to do with, pertain

   Hwæt belimpþ Ingeldes tō Criste?

   What does Ingeld have to do with Christ? (Literally, "What of Ingeld pertains to Christ?")

4. to be applicable
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"

     Ðes cwyde belimpð swyðe to munuchádes mannum, ða ðe for heofenan ríces myrhðe forlætað fæder, and moder, and flæsclice siblingas.

     This saying is especially applicable to men of monastic order, who, for the joy of heaven's kingdom, forsake father, and mother, and fleshly relations.

• Middle English: bilimpen, belimpen
  • English: belimp