lippen

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verb

To entrust; trust to (someone/something).

“Do not lippen to him! / I was lippening on you.”

OriginMiddle English lipnen ← Old Norse hlíta →
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Meanings

verblippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippening, simple past and past participle lippened)

present singular third person lippens · participle present lippening · participle past lippened · past lippened · alternative licken

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo entrust; trust to (someone/something).
  2. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectalintransitiveTo trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).

    Do not lippen to him! / I was lippening on you.

    1 more example

    "And never lippen to what you see from the window," she said. "The eye is deceitful as well as the heart."

    1896, Margaret Oliphant, The Library Window

Origin

  1. Old Norsehlíta
  2. Middle Englishlitnen“to trust”
  3. Middle Englishlipnen“to trust”
  4. Englishlippen

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”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“lippen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lippen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lippen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lippen.

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