- blinnan
- \blinnan1 sv/t3 3rd pres blinþ past blann/blunnon ptp geblunnen to cease, leave off, rest from; lose, forfeit; be vacant (bishopric); [be linnan]
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Blin — Blin, v. t. & i. [OE. blinnen, AS. blinnan; pref. be + linnan to cease.] To stop; to cease; to desist. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blan — past 3rd sing of blinnan … Old to modern English dictionary
blann — past 3rd sing of blinnan … Old to modern English dictionary
blin — imperative of blinnan … Old to modern English dictionary
blon — past 3rd sing of blinnan … Old to modern English dictionary
blonn — past 3rd sing of blinnan … Old to modern English dictionary
blunnen — past participle of blinnan … Old to modern English dictionary
blunnon — past pl of blinnan … Old to modern English dictionary
cease — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. cesser to come to an end, stop, cease; give up, desist, from L. cessare to cease, go slow, give over, leave off, be idle, frequentative of cedere go away, withdraw, yield (see CEDE (Cf. cede)). Replaced O.E. geswican and… … Etymology dictionary
blench — I. , sb. == a trick? O. and N. 378. ON. blekkja II. , v. n. == avoid (a thing). O. and N. 170 == flinch from [blinche]. 2184 B. == deceive. Ritson’s AS. viii. 23 == give way? (of a ship) K. Horn, 1461. Another form of ‘flinch.’ AS. blinnan … Oldest English Words
