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blin.

To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/blɪn/
  1. To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.

    Scotland · Yorkshire · especially · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/blɪn/
  1. Cessation; end.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/blɪn/
  1. A blintz or blini.

Where this word comes from

From Russian блин (blin, “pancake, flat object”).

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