Party or member, Old English lim “member of the body; any part of a carcase that is different from the head and trunk; “Hauptzweig eines Baumes”, from proto-Germanic *limu- (source also from Old Norse limr “member”, lim “small tree branch”), a variant of *li_u- (source of Old English li_, Old Frisian lith, Old Norse li_r, Gothic li_us “one member;” and with the prefix ga-, source of the German member “member, member”). Non-extymological -b began to appear in the late 1500s for no etymological reason (perhaps due to the influence of the limb (n.2)). The Old English plural was often limu; limen and other plural forms in -n persisted until Middle English. Since about 1400 mainly one leg; in Victorian English, this usage was somewhat euphemistic, “out of concerned or prudish reluctance to use the word leg” [Century Dictionary]. In Old and Middle English and until recently also in dialects, however, it could mean “any visible part of the body”: The Lymmes of genetics were deposited much firmly. [Caxton, “The Subtyl Stories and Fables of Aesop, Auyan, Alfonce and Poge,” 1484] Hence the “fornication” of weightlifters (1570s). Member of the law was 18c. mocking slang for a lawyer or police officer. Going to a member in the figurative sense of “entering a risky situation” dates back to 1897. The alliterative body and life in relation to the body, including dates from about 1200.
Obsolete limb shredder (adverb) “limb member, fragmentary” comes from the late Old English lim-mælum. In this philosophy book, the word limb seems to be used in the sense of one of the legs (i.e. supports) of an argument. His excerpt can be found on page 64 of The Law of Contract. On page 63 of this book, we read: “One may comment on any of the conditions set forth in Smith v Hughes. As regards the first condition … ». It seems to me that the author`s discussion of the first condition is the first part of his argument. If I am right, I think it would have been better to call it that. As things stand, it introduces a second link, apparently unrelated to a first link 02 2017.
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