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1 limi
* * *a, m., proncd. lími, [lim], a broom or rod of twigs, rod; barðr ok með lima húðstrokinn, Bær. 20; hann lætr ganga limann um bak honum ok báðar síður, Grett. 135; lét taka þá Svein alla, ok leggja fast lima á bak þeim, and lay the rod stoutly on their backs, Fms. vi. 189; limi söng harðan prima, the rod sang a harsh time ( on his back), Mork. 227, cp. Orkn. 188, (in the verse in the note) = ‘the waves did beat the ship:’ the mod. phrase, leggja sig í líma, prop. to lay oneself under the rod, to take great pains in a thing, work hard; sóp-limi, a sweeping besom. lima-högg, n. a flogging, Hkr. iii. 216.
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