lihen

See also: líheň

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German līhan, from Proto-West Germanic *līhwan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈliːhən/

Verb

līhen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present līhet, past tense lēch, past participle gelihen, past subjunctive lihe, auxiliary hān)

  1. [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] to loan, to lend, to award, to gift
    Ich līhe im mīn hūs.I lend him my house.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • German: leihen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “lihen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel