lien
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“a bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).
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Noun edit
lien (plural liens)
- (obsolete) A tendon.
- (law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
- 1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:
- […] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 7:
- Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.
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Etymology 2 edit
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lien
- (biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 26:10:
- And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs? one of the people might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs.”
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 5:19:
- And the Priest shall charge her by an othe, and say vnto the woman, If no man haue lyen with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to vncleannesse with another in stead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse.
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Latin liēn (“spleen”). Doublet of spleen.
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Noun edit
lien (plural lienes)
- (uncommon, possibly obsolete) The spleen.
- Synonym: milt
- 1892, John Marie Keating, Henry Hamilton, John Chalmers Da Costa, A New Pronouncing Dictionary of Medicine:
- Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.
- 1914, Quain's Elements of Anatomy, volume 1, page 312:
- The lien or spleen (figs. 282 to 285) is a soft, highly vascular contractile and very elastic organ of a dark purplish colour. It is placed obliquely behind the stomach, [...]
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Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Cornish lyen, from Proto-Brythonic *lleɣenn, from Latin legendum.
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lien m (plural liennow)
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French lien, from Old French lien, liem, from Latin ligāmen (“bond”), from ligō.
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Noun edit
lien m (plural liens)
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Further reading edit
- “lien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- liēnis m
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European, reflecting a form *(s)li(ǵʰ)-ēn-, from the root *spelǵʰ- (“spleen”), heavily distorted in all of its descendants, likely for tabooistic reasons,[1] making the exact original PIE form hard to pin down. The newly introduced -i- is seemingly also found in the Sanskrit cognate प्लीहन् (plīhán), the fall of *-h- < *-ǵʰ- is also observed in Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn),[2] while the loss of *-p- is also visible in Proto-Slavic *selzenь.
Other cognates include Old Irish selg, Lithuanian blužnis, Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥- (spərəzan-). Doublet of splēn.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.eːn/, [ˈlʲieːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.en/, [ˈliːen]
Noun edit
liēn m (genitive liēnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | liēn | liēnēs |
Genitive | liēnis | liēnum |
Dative | liēnī | liēnibus |
Accusative | liēnem | liēnēs |
Ablative | liēne | liēnibus |
Vocative | liēn | liēnēs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “liēn, -ēnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπλήν, σπληνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1385
Further reading edit
- “lien”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lien in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian edit
Verb edit
lien
- inflection of līst:
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of līst
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of līst
Livonian edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-Finnic *laihna, from a Germanic borrowing. Related to Finnish lainata. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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lien
- (Salaca) give a loan
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch *līan, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].
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liën
- (transitive) to admit
- (transitive) to acknowledge, to be convinced
- (transitive) to declare
- (intransitive) to assent
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Dutch līan, from Proto-West Germanic *līhwan, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.
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liën
- (eastern) to lend
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Further reading edit
- “liën (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “liën (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page liën
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “liën (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page liën
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną.
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- lie, li, lin, ligh, liȝ, liȝe, liȝen, lig, lige, ligen, liken, likken, liȝȝe, ligge, liggen, luggen
- licgen, liȝge (Early Middle English)
Verb edit
lien (third-person singular simple present lith, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative leie, past participle leien)
- to lie (be in a horizontal position)
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 19–20:
- Bifil that in that seson, on a day, / In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay
- It happened that, in that season, on a day / In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay
Descendants edit
References edit
- “līen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English lēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą.
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lien (third-person singular simple present lieth, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative legh, past participle louen)
- to lie (tell a falsehood)
Alternative forms edit
- li, lie, lin, lighe, lighen, lige, ligen, liȝe, liȝen, liegh, lieȝe, lieȝen, le, lei, leie, leghen, legen, leȝe, leȝen, leiȝe, leiȝen
- lih, lihe, lihen, leȝen, leoȝen, leioȝen, luȝen (Early Middle English)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “līen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3 edit
From Old French lier, liier (“to tie up, connect”), from Latin ligāre (“to tie, bind”).
Verb edit
lien (third-person singular simple present lieth, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle liid) (cooking)
- to thicken (a soup, etc.) by mixing
- to bind (ground meat, etc. with eggs, sauce, etc.)
- to coat (something with sauce, etc.)
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- English: lye
References edit
- “līen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4 edit
From Middle French lien (“tie, strap”), from Latin ligāmen (“bandage, band, tie”).
Noun edit
lien (plural liens)
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Descendants edit
- English: lien
References edit
- “līen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 5 edit
Noun edit
lien (plural liens)
- Alternative form of len
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French lien.
Noun edit
lien m (plural liens)
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Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- lïen (diareses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)
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Noun edit
lien oblique singular, m (oblique plural liens, nominative singular liens, nominative plural lien)
- tie; strap
- late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 408, lines 901–2:
- Brenguain, ore alez pur le chen,
amenez k'od tut le lïen- Brangain, go get the dog,
bring it with its leash
- Brangain, go get the dog,
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin liēn. Doublet of spleen and splină.
Noun edit
lien n (plural lienuri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) lien | lienul | (niște) lienuri | lienurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) lien | lienului | (unor) lienuri | lienurilor |
vocative | lienule | lienurilor |
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lien