Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz, cognate of Swedish liten and Norwegian Bokmål liten.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /liːðən/, [ˈliðð̩n]

Adjective

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liden (neuter lidet, definite singular lille, plural små, comparative mindre, superlative mindst)

  1. (archaic, poetic) little, small

Usage notes

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  • Replaced in the modern language with lille.

Antonyms

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Galician

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Verb

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liden

  1. inflection of lidar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch līthan

Verb

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liden

  1. (intransitive) to go, to pass
  2. (ambitransitive) to pass by, to go by
  3. (ambitransitive) to pass, to go by (time)
  4. (transitive) to endure, to bear, to tolerate
  5. (transitive) to suffer, to undergo

Inflection

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Conjugation of liden (strong class 1)
infinitive base form liden
genitive lidens
dative lidene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lide lêet lide lēde
2nd person singular lijts, lides lēets, lēdes lijts, lides lēdes
3rd person singular lijt, lidet lêet lide lēde
1st person plural liden lēden liden lēden
2nd person plural lijt, lidet lēet, lēdet lijt, lidet lēdet
3rd person plural liden lēden liden lēden
imperative
singular lijt, lide
plural lijt, lidet
present past
participle lidende gelēden

Descendants

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  • Dutch: lijden
    • Afrikaans: ly
    • Negerhollands: lyd, lyden, lijden, leiden
  • Limburgish: lieje

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German līdan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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līden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present līdet, past tense leit, past participle geliten, past subjunctive lite, auxiliary hān)

  1. to suffer

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Descendants

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References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • lidd (past participle)

Etymology

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Past participle of li, lida and lide.

Adjective

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liden (neuter lide, definite singular and plural lidne, comparative lidnare, indefinite superlative lidnast, definite superlative lidnaste)

  1. (especially about time) gone

Verb

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liden (masculine and feminine liden, neuter lide, definite singular and plural lidne)

  1. past participle of li
  2. past participle of lida
  3. past participle of lide

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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liden

  1. plural preterite subjunctive of līþan

Participle

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liden

  1. past participle of līþan

Swedish

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Participle

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liden

  1. past participle of lida

Noun

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liden

  1. definite singular of lid

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