blinnan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bilinnan, from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”), equivalent to be- +‎ linnan. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblin.nɑn/ === Verb === blinnan to cease, leave off, rest from to lose, forfeit (of a bishopric) to be vacant ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== āblinnan blinn ġeblinnan unāblinnendlīċ unblinnendlīċ ==== Related terms ==== linnan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: blinnen Scots: blin English: blin