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lihen

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to loan, lend

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • German: leihen

References

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