blegen

Old English

Alternative forms

• bleġene

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈble.jen/

Noun

bleġen f

1. blain, blister, cyst
2. pustule, pimple

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bleġen	bleġena, bleġene
accusative	bleġene	bleġena, bleġene
genitive	bleġene	bleġena
dative	bleġene	bleġenum

Related terms

• ābleġenian
• ġebleġenian

Descendants

• Middle English: blein
  • English: blain

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “BLÉGEN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.