blinnen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• belynne, bilinne, blin, blinne, blyn, blynne, blynnyn, bylynne
• (early) blinnenn

Etymology

From Old English blinnan, belinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *bilinnan; equivalent to bi- +‎ linnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblinən/, /biˈlinən/

Verb

blinnen (chiefly Northern)

1. (transitive) To stop or end (not continue)
2. (transitive) To cease or abandon; to stop doing:
   1. (intransitive) To cease moving; to come to a stop or pause.
   2. (intransitive) To cease talking; to quieten down.
3. (transitive) To stop or end (cause to stop)

Conjugation

Conjugation of blinnen (strong class 3 or weak in -ed, defective)

infinitive	(to) blinnen, blinne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	blinne	blan, blinned
2nd-person singular	blinnest	blanne, blan, blinnedest
3rd-person singular	blinneth	blan, blinned
subjunctive singular	blinne	blanne1, blinned1
imperative singular		—
plural2	blinnen, blinne	blannen, blanne, blinneden, blinnede
imperative plural	blinneth, blinne	—
participles	blinnynge, blinnende	—

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: blin (obsolete)
• Scots: blin (poetic)

References

• “bilinnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “blinnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.