Lien in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Lien

You can make 13 words from 'lien' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'lien'
• 3 letters words from 'lien'
• 2 letters words from 'lien'

4 letters words from 'lien'

LIEN 4

LINE 4

3 letters words from 'lien'

LEI 3	LIE 3
LIN 3	NIE 3
NIL 3

2 letters words from 'lien'

EL 2	EN 2
IN 2	LI 2
NE 2

Definitions and meaning of lien

lien

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“a bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːn/, /ˈliːən/
• Homophone: lean (IPA^(key): /liːn/)

Noun

lien (plural liens)

1. (obsolete) A tendon.
2. (law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 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.

Derived terms

• lienholder

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• lyen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪən/

Verb

lien

1. (biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin lien (“spleen”). Doublet of spleen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.in/, /ˈlaɪ.ən/

Noun

lien (plural lienes)

1. (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, [...]

Related terms

• lienal, lienic

Further reading

• lien on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LEIN, LINE, Line, Neil, Niel, Nile, line

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Cornish

Etymology

From Latin legendus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliːɛn]

Noun

lien m (plural liennow)

1. literature

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French

Etymology

From Middle French lien, from Old French lien, liem, from Latin ligāmen (“bond”), from ligō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljɛ̃/

Noun

lien m (plural liens)

1. link

Derived terms

• lien mort

Related terms

• lier
• relier

Further reading

• “lien” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Alternative forms

• liēnis m

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lixēn-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)liǵʰ, from *splǵʰ-ēn- (“spleen”). The -i- remains unexplained.

Cognate with Old Irish selg, Lithuanian blužnis, Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʿaycałn), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥-‎ (spər^əzan-), Sanskrit प्लीहन् (plīhán). Doublet of splen.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.eːn/, [ˈlieːn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.en/, [ˈliːɛn]

Noun

liēn m (genitive liēnis); third declension

1. spleen

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• 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

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Latvian

Verb

lien

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of līst
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of līst
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of līst
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of līst
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of līst
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of līst

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Livonian

Etymology

Related to Finnish lainata.

Verb

lien

1. (Salaca) give a loan

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *līan, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].

Verb

liën

1. (transitive) to admit
2. (transitive) to acknowledge, to be convinced
3. (transitive) to declare
4. (intransitive) to assent

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch līan, from Proto-West Germanic *līhwan, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

Verb

liën

1. (eastern) to lend

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną.

Verb

lien (third-person singular simple present lith, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative leie, past participle leien)

1. to lie (be in a horizontal position)

Alternative forms

• lie, li, lin, ligh, liȝ, liȝe, liȝen, lig, lige, ligen, liken, likken, liʒʒe, ligge, liggen, luggen
• licgen, liȝge (early)

Descendants

• English: lie, lig
• Scots: lie
• Yola: lee

References

• “līen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English lēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą.

Verb

lien (third-person singular simple present lieth, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative legh, past participle louen)

1. to lie (tell a falsehood)

Alternative forms

• 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)

Descendants

• English: lie
• Scots: lee

References

• “līen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old French lier, liier (“to tie up, connect”), from Latin ligāre (“to tie, bind”).

Verb

lien (third-person singular simple present lieth, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle liid) (cooking)

1. to thicken (a soup, etc.) by mixing
2. to bind (ground meat, etc. with eggs, sauce, etc.)
3. to coat (something with sauce, etc.)

Alternative forms

• li, lie

Descendants

• English: lye

References

• “līen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

From Middle French lien (“tie, strap”), from Latin ligāmen (“bandage, band, tie”).

Noun

lien (plural liens)

1. bond, fetter

Alternative forms

• lieine, leine

Descendants

• English: lien

References

• “līen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 5

Noun

lien (plural liens)

1. Alternative form of len

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French lien.

Noun

lien m (plural liens)

1. tie; strap
2. (by extension) link (association)

Descendants

• French: lien
• → Middle English: lien
  • English: lien

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Old French

Alternative forms

• lïen (diareses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin ligāmen.

Noun

lien m (oblique plural liens, nominative singular liens, nominative plural lien)

1. tie; strap

Descendants

• Middle French: lien
  • French: lien
  • → Middle English: lien
    • English: lien

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Swedish

Noun

lien

1. definite singular of lie

Anagrams

• Elin, ilen

Source: wiktionary.org

• a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt due by that person is discharged.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)