liden

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːðən/, [ˈliðð̩n]

Adjective

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

1. (archaic, poetic) little, small

Usage notes

• Replaced in the modern language with lille.

Antonyms

• stor

References

• “liden” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “liden” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Galician

Verb

liden

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan.

Verb

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

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

• Dutch: lijden, lijen (dialectal)
  • Afrikaans: ly
  • Negerhollands: lyd, lyden, lijden, leiden
• Limburgish: lieje

Further reading

• “liden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “liden (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “liden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “liden (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle High German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to suffer

Conjugation

Conjugation of līden (class 1 strong, auxiliary hān)

infinitive		līden
genitive gerund		līdennes līdenes
dative gerund		līdenne līdene
present participle		līdende
past participle		geliten
auxiliary		hān
	indicative			subjunctive
	singular	plural		singular	plural
present	ich līde	wir līden	i	ich līde	wir līden
	du līdest	ir līdet		du līdest	ir līdet
	ër līdet	sie līdent		ër līde	sie līden
preterite	ich leit	wir liten	ii	ich lite	wir liten
	du lite	ir litet		du litest	ir litet
	ër leit	sie liten		ër lite	sie liten
imperative	līt (du)	līdet (ir)

Composed forms of līden (class 1 strong, auxiliary hān)

perfect
	singular	plural		singular	plural
indicative	ich hān geliten	wir hān geliten	subjunctive	ich habe geliten	wir haben geliten
	du hāst geliten	ir hāt geliten		du habest geliten	ir habet geliten
	ër hāt geliten	sie hānt geliten		ër habe geliten	sie haben geliten
pluperfect
indicative	ich habete geliten	wir habeten geliten	subjunctive	ich habete geliten	wir habeten geliten
	du habetest geliten	ir habetet geliten		du habetest geliten	ir habetet geliten
	ër habete geliten	sie habeten geliten		ër habete geliten	sie habeten geliten
future i
infinitive	līden süln		subjunctive i	ich sul līden	wir suln līden
				du sule līden	ir sulet līden
				ër sul līden	sie suln līden
indicative	ich sol līden	wir sulen līden	subjunctive ii	ich sölte līden ich sölde līden	wir sölten līden wir sölden līden
	du solt līden	ir sulet līden		du söltest līden du söldest līden	ir söltet līden ir söldet līden
	ër sol līden	sie sulen līden		ër sölte līden ër sölde līden	sie sölten līden sie sölden līden
future ii
infinitive	geliten hān süln		subjunctive i	ich sul geliten hān	wir suln geliten hān
				du sule geliten hān	ir sulet geliten hān
				ër sul geliten hān	sie suln geliten hān
indicative	ich sol geliten hān	wir sulen geliten hān	subjunctive ii	ich sölte geliten hān ich sölde geliten hān	wir sölten geliten hān wir sölden geliten hān
	du solt geliten hān	ir sulet geliten hān		du söltest geliten hān du söldest geliten hān	ir söltet geliten hān ir söldet geliten hān
	ër sol geliten hān	sie sulen geliten hān		ër sölte geliten hān ër sölde geliten hān	sie sölten geliten hān sie sölden geliten hān

Descendants

• German: leiden

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lidd (past participle)

Etymology

Past participle of li, lida and lide.

Adjective

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

1. (especially about time) gone

Verb

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

Derived terms

• avliden

References

• “liden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lidne

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.den/

Verb

liden

1. plural preterite subjunctive of līþan

Participle

liden

1. past participle of līþan

Swedish

Participle

liden

1. past participle of lida

Noun

liden

1. definite singular of lid

Anagrams

• inled