"lippen" meaning in English

See lippen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: lippens [present, singular, third-person], lippening [participle, present], lippened [participle, past], lippened [past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lipnen||to trust}} Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), {{der|en|enm|litnen||to trust}} Middle English litnen (“to trust”), {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|non|hlíta}} Old Norse hlíta, {{cog|sv|lita||to trust, depend, rely on}} Swedish lita (“to trust, depend, rely on”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippening, simple past and past participle lippened)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To entrust; trust to (someone/something). Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-lippen-en-verb-5pbGIAfB Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
  2. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on). Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-lippen-en-verb-Rte7mzgC Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: licken [dialectal] Derived forms: lippening, mislippen

Inflected forms

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