lippen
See also: Lippen
English
Alternative forms
- licken (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English litnen (“to trust”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlíta, compare Swedish lita (“to trust, depend, rely on”).
Verb
lippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippening, simple past and past participle lippened)
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To entrust; trust to (someone/something).
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).
- Do not lippen to him! / I was lippening on you.
- 1896, Margaret Oliphant, The Library Window
- "And never lippen to what you see from the window," she said. "The eye is deceitful as well as the heart."
Usage notes
- Sense 2 usually with to or on.
Derived terms
- lippening
- mislippen
Anagrams
- nipple
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪpən
Noun
lippen
- Plural form of lip
Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon libbian (“to live, be alive”), though the semantic shift is unexplained.
Verb
lippen (past singular lipp, past participle lippt, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to sob, to cry
Conjugation
Conjugation of lippen (weak verb)
| infinitive | lippen | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | lipp | lipp |
| 2nd person singular | lipps(t) | lipps(t) |
| 3rd person singular | lipp(t) | lipp |
| plural | lippt, lippen | lippen |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | lipp(e) | |
| plural | lippt | |
| participle | present | past |
| lippen | (e)lippt, gelippt | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lɪpn]
Verb
lippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippenin, simple past lippent, past participle lippent)
- (archaic) to trust, entrust
- to expect, count on
Derived terms
- mislippen