5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
verb deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
verb flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
verb give a thrashing to; beat hard
originFrom Hebrew לָמֶד (lamedh), from Proto-Semitic *lamed- (“goad”) (Hebrew מַלְמָד (malmad, “goad”)). Doublet of lambda.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0