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blinnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
blinnan, part. blinnende; ic blinne, ðú blinnest, blinst, he blinneþ, blinniþ, blinþ, pl. blinnaþ; p. ic, he blan, blon, blann, blonn, ðú blunne, pl. blunnon; pp. blunnen; v. intrans. [be, linnan to cease]
To cease, rest, leave off; cessare, desinere
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  • Seó réþnes ðæs stormes wæs blinnende

    the fierceness of the storm ceased [lit. was ceasing ],

      Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 9.

  • Blǽd his blinniþ

    his prosperity ceaseth,

      Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 29; Reim. 53.

  • We Dryhten bletsigaþ, ne ðæs blinnaþ áwa to worulde

    we bless the Lord, nor cease from this for ever,

      Ps. Th. 113, 25.

  • Seó éhtnes [MS. ehtnysse] blan

    the persecution ceased,

      Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17.

  • Blann [blonn MS. T.] se bysceophád eall geár and ðæs óðres syx mónaþ

    the bishopric was vacant [lit. rested] all one year and six months of the next,

      3, 20; S. 550, 28.

  • Ic nóht ðon ǽr ðære ærninge blon

    I naught the sooner left off from running,

      5, 6; S. 619, 15: Andr. Kmbl. 2532; An. 1267.

  • Ðú wuldres blunne

    thou forfeitedst glory,

      2760; An. 1382.

  • Rómáne blunnon [MS. blunnun] rícsian on Breotene

    Romani in Brittania regnare cessarunt,

      Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 13.

  • Blinn from eorre and forlét hát-heottnisse

    desine ab ira et derelinque futorem,

      Ps. Surt. 36, 8.
Etymology
[Chauc. blinne.]
Derived forms
DER. a-blinnan, ge-.
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v.  blin.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “blinnan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4680.

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