lihen

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. to loan, lend

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