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blinnan, [= be-linnan].
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of persons,
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  • Cleopa and ne blin,

    • Past. 91, 19
      • .

  • Blinnað

    sinite,

    • Lk. L. 22, 51
      • .
to cease from action,
with gen.
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  • Sé þe nǽfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse

    cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur,

    • Past. 70, 3
      • .

  • Hé þæs ne blann (blon, v. l.)

    existere non desistit,

    • Bd. 5, 20
      • ;
    • Sch. 675, 20
      • .

  • Ic ná ðe ǽr þǽre ærninge blann

    nihilominus coeptis institi uetitis,

    • 5, 6
      • ;
    • Sch. 576, 21
      • .

  • Heó ne blann cossetunges

    non cessavit osculari,

    • Lk. L. 7, 45
      • .
with infin.;
  • Bd. 1, 11
    • ;
  • 8. 480, 13 (in Dict.)
    • ,
with clause
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  • Ne blinnis ðú ꝥ ðú gisceáwia

    non desinis intueri,

    • Rtl. 64, 33
      • .

  • Ne blan (blonn; geswác, v. ll.) hé ꝥ hé his geongran ne manode

    nec discipulos suos admonere cessabat,

    • Gr. D. 27, 4
      • .

  • Blinn (blin, R.) ꝥ ðú gefoeda ðá suno

    sinite saturari filios,

    • Mk. L. 7, 27
      • .
with prep.
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  • Ne hé óhte þý má blan (bleon, v. l.) fram gearwunge þæs síðfætes

    nec a praeparando itinere cessare uolebat,

    • Bd. 5, 9
      • ;
    • Sch. 593, 21
      • .

  • Hé hét blinnan fram éhtnysse

    cessari a persecutione praecepit,

    • 1, 7
      • ;
    • Sch. 26, 20
      • .
of things,
to cease, come to an end
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  • Ic wéne ꝥ þes dæg blinneð (geendige, v. l.)

    (cessabit),

    ǽr mé spell áteorige,

    • Gr. D. 7, 29
      • .

  • Sóna se hwósta blinneð,

    • Lch. iii. 58, 11
      • .

  • Blinnes lufo

    refrigescet caritas,

    • Mt. L. 24, 12
      • .

  • Him ǽlc mennisc fultum blonn

    humanum cessabat auxilium,

    • Bd. 1, 14
      • ;
    • Sch. 38, 5
      • .

  • Blan se wind

    cessavit ventus,

    • Mt. R. 14, 32
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. blin.
O. H. Ger. pi-linnan cessare,
Cf. Goth. af-linnan
:
Icel. linna (wk.).
]
Entry information
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/40580.

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