(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To intrust; trust to (someone/something).
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(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.
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Origin of lippen
From Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English litnen (“to trust”), of North Germanic origin, compare Swedishlita (“to trust, depend, rely on”).