lippen

Verb

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

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To intrust; 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.

Origin

From Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English litnen (“to trust”), of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish lita (“to trust, depend, rely on”).

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