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▪ I. † blenk, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 blenken, 4–7 blenk. pa. tense 4 bleynte, blenkede, blenkyt, -it, blenknyt, 4–6 blenked. pa. pple. 5 blent.
[Partly the northern equivalent of blench v., partly the earlier equivalent of modern blink, presenting the etymological difficulties of both words.]
I. = blench.
1. trans. To blind, deceive, cheat; = blench 1.
a1000Blenceð [see blench 1]. c1400Destr. Troy 2483 Let no blyndnes you blenke.
2. intr. To start aside, so as to elude anything; to flinch, swerve; = blench v.1 2.
c1300Cursor M. 7668 [Saul] þan hent a sper scarp to stair him þoru vnto þe wau, bot dauid sagh and blenked lau [v.r. blenkid, blenched bis]. 1330R. Brunne Chron. 115 For þise ne salle ȝe blenk, bot hold vp þer honoure. a1330Otuel 460 He wolde haue smiten otuwel, & he blenkte swiþe wel, And roulond smot þe stede broun.
3. trans. To turn aside, raise (the eyes, eyebrows); = blench v.1 4.
c1400Melayne 570 He wolde noghte say ‘good mornynge,’ ne ones his browes blenke.
4. To cheat, disappoint, disconcert, bilk; or ? to turn aside or away. rare.
a1400Morte Arth. 2858 We salle blenke theire boste, for alle theire bold profire.
5. trans. To make pale, to blanch. Cf. blench v.2
c1400Melayne 1359 A newe tydynge That blenkede all his blee. a1600Felon Sowe Rokeby, The Sewe..rudely rushèd at the freer That blynkèd all his blee.
II. = the later blink.
6. intr. To shine, glitter, gleam.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 428 A nyȝt whan þou slepys..Before þy yȝen hyt blenkys. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 799 Vp on bastel-rouez, þat blenked ful quyte. 1375Barbour Bruce viii. 217 The sone..That blenknyt on the scheldis braid. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 349 Bemes bricht blenkand on euerilk bench. 1605in Foxe's A. & M. (1684) III. 942 The Sun blenks often hottest to foretel a following showr.
7. To glance, cast a glance, give a look; to look up (from sleep); = blink 3, 4 a.
c1350Will. Palerne 3111 Þei lokede a boute & bleynte bi hinde þe busch & seiȝen. 1375Barbour Bruce vi. 633 The King..blenkit hym by And saw the twa-some. Ibid. vii. 203 The kyng blenkit vp hastely, And saw his man slepand him by. c1450Henryson Mor. Fab. 83 The Wolfe was ware, and blenked him behind. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. 326 Backwert he blent to give them knawledging. a1625Jas. I. in D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1866) 174/1 Scarslie, but at stolen moments, having the leisure to blenk upon any paper.
▪ II. blenk, n.1
north. f. blench, trick, stratagem.
▪ III. † blenk, n.2 north. Obs.
[f. blenk v.; now, like the vb., represented by blink.]
1. A sudden gleam of light.
c1340Cursor M. 19648 (Fairf.) Noȝt a blenke muȝt he se. 1513Douglas æneis vii. ix. 113 The bricht mettell..Quharon the son blenkis betis clere.
2. A glance of the eye; usually, a bright, cheerful glance.
c1440York Myst. xxviii. 259, I will no more be abasshed for blenke of thy blee. c1450Wisd. Sol. in Ratis Rav. 21 Na wys men suld behald the bewte of women that thai be nocht tan with thar suet blenkis. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 31 The ȝoung virgeins with blenkis amorus. |