v. Obs. Forms: 3–4 bilimien, -limen, -lymen, lymme. [f. BE- 6 c. + OE. lim, LIMB: cf. behead.] trans. To cut off a limb or the limbs, to dismember, mutilate; to disfigure.
c. 1205. Lay., 29353. Ælcne bileafued mon He lette bi-limien.
c. 1300. Beket, 560. Bote ther man schal beo bylymed: other to dethe ido.
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl., 5775. The Knighte … Mani ther slough in litel stounde And bilimeden.
a. 1528. Skelton, Bowge of Courte, 289. His face was belymmed, as byes had him stounge. [Or can this be belimn?]
