Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Scotland, Yorkshire, especially, obsolete)To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.

Origin

From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germa

From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- + lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin.

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Forms

blins, blinning, blinned, blinned

regular

Base formblin · to blin
3rd person singularblins
Present participleblinning
Past simpleblinned / blan
Past participleblinned / blan / blun

Tenses

blin · blinned · will blin · have blinned

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblin
he, she, itblins

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blinned
he, she, ithas blinned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blin

Past simpleLesson

all personsblinned

Synonyms

1 synonyms
stopA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blightC2blikeblimeyblindB1

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