lippen, v.
(ˈlɪpən)
Chiefly Sc. Forms: 2 lipnen, -ien, 4, 6 lip-, lypnin, (4 lepnyn, 6 lippne), 5–6 lip-, lyppin, -yn, (7 lipen, 9 lippin), 6– lippen.
[Of obscure origin; cf. the synonymous licken v. and litten v.1]
1. intr. To confide, rely, trust. Const. to, till; occas. in, into, of, on, unto. Also in indirect pass. to lippen for: To look confidently for.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 37 Ne lipnie ȝe no al to eower festene. a 1200 Moral Ode 22 Ne lipnie na mon to muchel to childe ne to wiue. c 1470 Golagros & Gaw. 832 Thus may ye lippin on the lake, throu lair that I leir. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lx. 70 To thy auld schervandis have an E, That lang hes lippinit into the. 1563 Davidson Confut. Kennedy in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 208 Thay disseave baith thaim selves and all uthers quha lippinnis in thaim. 1577 Buchanan Let. to Randolph Wks. (1892) 58 Yf ye gett it not or thys winter be passit, lippin not for it. 1637–50 Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 456 We must lippen much to the old charter, Providebit Dominus. 1685 T. Sharp Let. 5 Mar., in Thoresby's Corr. (ed. Hunter) I. 68, I lippened, as we say, of you, else [etc.]. 1789 Burns To Dr. Blacklock (21 Oct.) ii, I lippen'd to the chield in trouth. 1816 Scott Old Mort. ix, I jaloused him..no to be the friend to the government he pretends: the family are not to lippen to. 1868 G. Macdonald R. Falconer I. 49 A gude-hertit crater, but ye cudna lippen till him. 1893 Stevenson Catriona i. ii. 23, I would lippen to Eli's word—ay, if it was the Chevalier, or Appin himsel'. |
2. trans. To entrust. Const. dat. or to, (till), occas. in. Also, to trust (a person) with (a thing).
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxii. (Laurentius) 128 Þat þu before lepnyt to me, of godis burd þe priwete. c 1450 Holland Howlat 456, I loue ȝou mair for that loiss ȝe lippyn me till. 1513 Douglas æneis v. xiv. 46 Or quhat in windis sa dissaitfull to ws,..Wald thow I lipnit the maist noble Enee? 1636 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 179 Christ will lippen the taking you to heaven, neither to yourself, nor any deputy, but only to Himself. 1883 Black Four Macnicols v, The people would say I had done wrong in lippening a boat to such a young crew. 1887 Suppl. to Jamieson Addenda s.v., I'll lippen ye wi' my siller. |
3. To expect with confidence. Also with sentence as obj. † to lippen (a thing) in, upon (a person): To expect from.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. iv. 554 Than is to lyppyn sum remede. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) II. 150 Lyp[n]ing richt lang that tha suld thame reskew. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 59 To traist upon God, lippin all gud upon him. 1559 Ld. Hume in Sadler State Papers (1809) II. 137 To sende to me zour resolut answer,..that I may perfitlie understand quhat I may lyppin. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 74 Your cord and lousie coit and sark, Ye lippin, may bring yow to salvatioun. 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 444, I can yet lippen that meikle good in Christ as to get a suspension. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Wks. (1862) 68 Hoo lippen't her feather wur turned strackling. 1768 Ross Helenore (1789) 51 But some chield ay upon us keeps an ee, And sae we need na lippen to get free. |
Hence ˈlippening vbl. n.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce xii. 238 Thai ar cummyn heir, For lypnyng in thair gret power. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) III. 289 All his beleif and lipning wes in thame. 1565 Postscr. to Q. Mary's Let. in Keith Hist. Ch. Scot. (1845) II. 328 This we doubt not bot ze will do according to oure lippinnins with all possible haist. |