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. ==== Usage notes ==== Sense 2 usually with to or on. ==== Derived terms ==== lippening mislippen === Anagrams === nipple == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪpən === Noun === lippen plural 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 ==== == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lɪpn] === Verb === lippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippenin, simple past and past participle lippent) (archaic) to trust, entrust to expect, count on ==== Derived terms ==== mislippen