ETYM Old Eng. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to Dutch kreuple, German krüppel, Dan. kröbling, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, from AS. creópan to creep. Related to Creep.
Someone whose legs are disabled.
It's because of you that I'm a cripple!
Source: Tatoeba
Because I don't want to marry, my grandmother called me a cripple.
Source: Tatoeba
But once I figured out that fear was not put in me to cripple me, it was there to protect me, and once I figured out how to use that fear, I found my power.