blinnen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === belynne, bilinne, blin, blinne, blyn, blynne, blynnyn, bylynne blinnenn (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English blinnan, belinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *bilinnan; equivalent to bi- +‎ linnen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblinən/, /biˈlinən/ === Verb === blinnen (chiefly Northern) (transitive) To stop or end (not continue) (transitive) To cease or abandon; to stop doing: (intransitive) To cease moving; to come to a stop or pause. (intransitive) To cease talking; to quieten down. (transitive) To stop or end (cause to stop) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: blin (obsolete) Scots: blin (poetic) ==== References ==== “bilinnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “blinnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.