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▪ I. † blin, blinn, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 blinn-an, 3 blinnen, (bline, 4–5 bilynne, bylynne, blym, 6 blinn, blene), 3–6 blinne, (4–6 blyne, blyn, 3–7 blynne), 3–8 blin. pa. tense 1 blann, 2–3 blann, 4–5 blan(e, 4–8 blanne, 6 blinned. pa. pple. blunnen, blun (rare).
[OE. blinn-an str. vb., syncopated from *bi-linnan = OHG. bilinnan to cease, leave off, f. bi- be- prefix + OE. and com. Teut. linnan to cease (found in Goth. in af-linnan to depart, and in ON. linna wk. vb., to leave off, cease, stop), ME. linnen: see linn v. In the 14–15th c. the resolved form bi-, by-lynne (not preserved in OE.) frequently occurs.]
1. intr. To cease, leave off, desist.
[c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xiv. 32 Geblann þæt wind.] c1250Gen. & Ex. 1963 Nile he blinnen. c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 728 Þer is þe blys þat cannot blynne. 1330R. Brunne Chron. 48 Neuer he blanne. c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 618 Til he had torned him, couthe he nought blynne. c1430Hymns Virg. (1867) 60 His childhode blynnes Whanne he is fourtene ȝeer olde. 1557Mylner of Abingt. 258 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 110 My litell brother blinned nought, Ere their horse was home brought. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. iii. vi, The heavy hammers never blin. 1729Old Song in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. 18 The Minstrels they did never blin. a1765in Child Ballads iii. (1885) 53/1 Till he had oretaken King Estmere, I wis he never blanne.
b. Const. of (about, on, from), inf. with to.
a1000Cod. Vercell. i. (1843) 80 Þær þu..wuldres blunne. c1200Ormin 14564 Ne blann itt nohht to reȝȝnenn. a1300Cursor M. 265 Nou of þis prolouge wil we bline. Ibid. 14089 (Fairf.) A-boute seruise dide ho neuer blyn. a1460Towneley Myst. 255 Of shynyng blan bothe son and moyne. 1567Turberv. Poems in Chalmers Eng. Poets II. 589/1 And from their battaile blin. 1587― Trag. T. (1837) 199 Her teares did never blin To issue from her cristall eyes. a1765Ballad ‘Glasgerion’ iii. in Child Ballads iii. (1885) 138/1 Strike on, Glasgerrion, Of thy striking doe not blinne.
2. trans. To cease from, stop; put a stop to.
c1314Guy Warw. (1840) 255 Of alle night he no blan rideinge. c1460Towneley Myst. 133 This chyld..Alle baylle may blyn. 1596Spenser F.Q. iii. v. 22 Nathemore..Did th' other two their cruell vengeaunce blin. 1601Death Earl Huntingt. v. ii. in Hazl. Dodsl. VIII. 320 She never would blin telling, how his grace Sav'd, etc.
3. intr. To delay, tarry, stay.
a1300Cursor M. 20204 Langer bline nu i ne may. 1590Greene Poems (1861) 303 When in the Balance Daphnes leman blins.
4. To cease speaking, keep silence.
a1300E.E. Psalter xxvii[i]. 1 Mi God, ne blinne fra me. Ibid. xxxi[i]. 3 For I blan [Vulg. tacui].
▪ II. † blin, n.1 Obs.
[f. prec. vb.]
Cessation, end; delay, fail. (In phr. without(en blin.)
a1300Cursor M. 881 Sco me bedd, wit-outen blin. Ibid. 1897 [Þe doue] come again, wit-outen blin. [1863Sala Capt. Dang. I. i. 8 Of sins likewise without blin, and grievous ones.]
▪ III. blin, n.2|blɪn|
Pl. blini, bliny |ˈblɪnɪ|, ˈblinis.
[Russ., pancake.]
(See quots.)
1889Harper's Mag. LXXVIII. 854/1 The terrible Russian General absorbs before his soup a dozen blinies—which are heavy pancakes stuffed with caviare and seasoned with hot melted butter. 1892T. F. Garrett Encycl. Pract. Cookery ii. 157/2 Blinis, small meal cakes which are eaten in Russia during Lent. 1920M. W. Davis Open Gates to Russia xvi. 247 Bliný, the crisp Russian pancakes. 1943E. M. Almedingen Frossia x. 376 They remembered bliny, those famous Carnival pancakes, thin and golden, eaten sometimes with sour cream, and oftener with caviare. 1945E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. vi. 152 The maitre d'hotel was turning the blinis over in the pan. |