† blandn.¹

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse bland.

Etymology: < Old Norse bland, in phrase í blana in union, together, whence Middle English in bland : compare Old English bland mixture, < stem of bland v.¹

Obsolete.

in bland: in mixture, in union,

a. adv. together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb]

together707

to-samec893

midOE

samedOE

samenc975

samenlya1300

in blanda1400

overhead?a1425

ensemblec1440

togethers1440

collectively1597

totally1676

collectedlya1687

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] > together or in a body > specifically of people or animals

as one mana1382

in (also on, upon, etc.) a routa1387

in blanda1400

in sorta1400

on a sorta1550

at one1591

in the (or a) quilla1616

in uniform1623

in hand1883

a1400 Alexander (Stev.) 2786 In batail..in-bland with þe Grekis.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1205 Boþe quit & red in blande.

b. prep. among.

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 885 Þay blwe a buffet in blande þat banned people.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

blandn.²

Brit.

/bland/, U.S.

/blænd/

Etymology: < Old Norse blanda (feminine) a mixture of fluids, spec. ‘a beverage of hot whey mixed with water,’ Vigfusson: compare Old English bland (neuter) ‘mixture.’

The name in Orkney and Shetland of a beverage made of buttermilk and water.

ΚΠ

1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 374 Their drinking of Bland [in Shetland].

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 313 Some of them..Drink Butter-milk mixed with Water, and this they call Bland.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vi. 135 She filled a small wooden quaigh from an earthen pitcher which contained bland, a subacid liquor made out of the serous part of the milk.

1837 R. Dunn Ornithol. Orkney & Shetl. 13.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

blandadj.

Brit.

/bland/, U.S.

/blænd/

Etymology: < Latin blandus soft, smooth, caressing.

1. Of persons, their actions, etc.: Smooth and suave in manner; mildly soothing or coaxing: gentle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > bland or suave

bland1661

silky1826

suave1831

urbane1873

unguent1931

1661 S. Pepys Diary 12 Sept. (1970) II. 178 With some bland counsel of his.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 855 With bland words at will.

1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 140 His manners were gentle, complying, and bland.

1801 R. Southey Garci Ferrandez ii. iii Winning eye and action bland.

1828 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 1 122 Bland satire on his friends.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 439 A bland temper and winning manners.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures xv. 120 A bland and benevolent face.

a. Of things: Soft, mild, pleasing to the senses; gentle, genial, balmy, soothing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]

winsomea900

sweetc900

likingeOE

i-quemec950

lieflyOE

winlyOE

hereOE

thankfulc1000

merryOE

queemc1175

beina1200

willea1200

leesomec1200

savouryc1225

estea1250

i-wilc1275

winc1275

welcomea1300

doucea1350

well-pleasingc1350

acceptablea1382

pleasablea1382

pleasanta1382

pleaseda1382

acceptedc1384

amiablec1384

well-likinga1387

queemfulc1390

flattering1393

pleasinga1398

well-queeminga1400

comelyc1400

farrandc1400

greable1401

goodlyc1405

amicable?a1425

placablec1429

amene1433

winful1438

listyc1440

dulcet1445

agreeablec1450

favourousc1485

sweetly?a1500

pleasureful?c1502

dulcea1513

grate1523

prettya1529

plausible1541

jolly1549

dulcoratec1550

toothsome1551

pleasurable1557

tickling1558

suavec1560

amenous1567

odoriferous?1575

perfumed1580

glada1586

tickle1593

pleasurous1595

favoursome1601

dulcean1606

gratifying1611

Hyblaean1614

gratulatea1616

arrident1616

solacefula1618

pleasantable1619

placid1628

contentsome1632

sapid1640

canny1643

gustful1647

peramene1657

pergrateful1657

tastefula1659

complacent1660

placentiousa1661

gratifactorya1665

bland1667

suavious1669

palatable1683

placent1683

complaisant1710

nice1747

tasty1796

sweetsome1799

titbit1820

connate1836

cunning1843

mooi1850

gemütlich1852

sympathique1859

congenial1878

sympathetic1900

sipid1908

onkus1910

sympathisch1911

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 5 Temperat vapors bland .

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 88 The sound of merriment and chorus bland.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada vi. 122 The air was bland, the heavens cloudless.

b. Of medicines: Mild, unirritating. Of food: Not stimulating. (Cf. quot. 1667 at sense 2a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > relating to powers or effects of drugs > mild

lithec1400

gentle1534

benign1638

mild1652

unirritant1822

bland1835

soft1959

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]

wallowc897

smatchless?c1225

unsavoury?c1225

fresha1398

savourlessa1398

wearish1398

wershed1398

fond?c1430

unsavoured1435

palled1440

mildc1450

walsh1513

wallowish1548

dead1552

waterish1566

cold1585

flatten1594

seasonless1595

wersha1599

blown1600

flash1601

fatuous1608

tasteless1611

flat1617

insipid1620

ingustable1623

flashy1625

flatted1626

saltless1633

gustless1636

remiss1655

rheumatical1655

untasteable1656

vapid1656

exolete1657

distasted1662

vappous1673

insulse1676

toothless1679

mawkisha1697

intastable1701

waugh1703

impoignant1733

flavourless1736

instimulating1740

deadish1742

mawky1755

brineless1791

wishy-washy1791

keestless1802

shilpit1814

wish-washy1814

sapidless1821

silent1826

slushy1839

bland1878

spendsavour1879

wish-wash1896

dolled1917

spiceless1980

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 671/2 A very small force only is requisite to cause bland fluids to follow the course of blood.

1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 92 Bland oils are serviceable in softening scales and crusts.

1878 M. L. Holbrook Hygiene Brain 111 The food should be bland.

3. quasi-adverbially (in poetry).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > with agreeable manner > blandly or suavely

smootha1500

bland1596

blandly1827

suavely1862

1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Beautie 171 That base affection, which your eares would bland Commend to you by Loves abused name.

1850 E. B. Browning Poet's Vow ii They clasping bland his gift.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† blandv.¹

Forms: Also blonden.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic strong verb: Old English blandan , blǫndan , past tense bléond , participle blanden = Old Saxon blandan , Old High German blantan , Old Norse (and Swedish) blanda , Gothic blandan , baibland , blandans , to mix. Only once exemplified in Old English, and in Middle English superseded by blend v.² The two later instances here may be accidental; if genuine, they perhaps represent the Old Norse rather than the Old English verb.

Obsolete.

transitive. To mix, intermingle, blend.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)]

mingeOE

blandOE

mongle?c1225

meddlec1350

sprengea1382

compoundc1384

intermeddlec1384

temperc1386

mell1387

found?c1390

joinc1400

intermell1413

commix?a1425

medley?a1425

mix?a1425

amenge?c1450

immix?a1475

immixt?a1475

minglea1475

tremp1480

commixt1481

incarry1486

mixtionc1500

mixta1513

demelle1516

confect1540

intermixt1551

intermingle1555

bemix1559

intermix1562

contemper1567

blenge1570

bemingle1574

contemperate1590

masha1591

commeddle1604

immingle1606

blenda1616

intemper1627

commingle1648

conferment1651

subigate1657

to mix up1672

mould1701

meine1736

caudle1795

combine1799

interblenda1849

inmix1892

meld1936

OE Riddle 40 59 Ic eom on goman gena swetra þonne þu beobread blende mid hunige.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1931 Blande [n] al of blaunner were boþe al aboute.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 24 Blonde hit with mylke and put alle in panne.

1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados iii. ix. 83 Blude blandit with wine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† blandv.²

Forms: Also blaund, blond.

Etymology: < Old French bland-ir < Latin blandīri to soothe, flatter: see blandish v.

Obsolete.

transitive. To soothe, flatter; = blandish v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)]

flatter?c1225

flackera1250

slickc1250

blandishc1305

blandc1315

glozec1330

beflatter1340

curryc1394

elkena1400

glaverc1400

anointa1425

glotherc1480

losenge1480

painta1513

to hold in halsc1560

soothe1580

smooth1584

smooth1591

soothe1601

pepper1654

palp1657

smoothify1694

butter1700

asperse1702

palaver1713

blarney1834

sawder1834

soft-soap1835

to cock up1838

soft-solder1838

soother1842

behoney1845

soap1853

beslaver1861

beslobber1868

smarm1902

sugar1923

sweetmouth1948

smooth-talk1950

c1315 Shoreham 73 Ac blondeth.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 227 Nor ȝit withe benefice am blandit?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

n.¹a1400

n.²1703

adj.1596

v.¹OE

v.²c1315

单词	bland
释义	† blandn.¹ Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse bland. Etymology: < Old Norse bland, in phrase í blana in union, together, whence Middle English in bland : compare Old English bland mixture, < stem of bland v.¹ Obsolete. in bland: in mixture, in union, a. adv. together. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] together707 to-samec893 midOE samedOE samenc975 samenlya1300 in blanda1400 overhead?a1425 ensemblec1440 togethers1440 collectively1597 totally1676 collectedlya1687 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] > together or in a body > specifically of people or animals as one mana1382 in (also on, upon, etc.) a routa1387 in blanda1400 in sorta1400 on a sorta1550 at one1591 in the (or a) quilla1616 in uniform1623 in hand1883 a1400 Alexander (Stev.) 2786 In batail..in-bland with þe Grekis. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1205 Boþe quit & red in blande. b. prep. among. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 885 Þay blwe a buffet in blande þat banned people. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blandn.² Brit. /bland/, U.S. /blænd/ Etymology: < Old Norse blanda (feminine) a mixture of fluids, spec. ‘a beverage of hot whey mixed with water,’ Vigfusson: compare Old English bland (neuter) ‘mixture.’ The name in Orkney and Shetland of a beverage made of buttermilk and water. ΚΠ 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 374 Their drinking of Bland [in Shetland]. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 313 Some of them..Drink Butter-milk mixed with Water, and this they call Bland. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vi. 135 She filled a small wooden quaigh from an earthen pitcher which contained bland, a subacid liquor made out of the serous part of the milk. 1837 R. Dunn Ornithol. Orkney & Shetl. 13. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blandadj. Brit. /bland/, U.S. /blænd/ Etymology: < Latin blandus soft, smooth, caressing. 1. Of persons, their actions, etc.: Smooth and suave in manner; mildly soothing or coaxing: gentle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > bland or suave bland1661 silky1826 suave1831 urbane1873 unguent1931 1661 S. Pepys Diary 12 Sept. (1970) II. 178 With some bland counsel of his. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 855 With bland words at will. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 140 His manners were gentle, complying, and bland. 1801 R. Southey Garci Ferrandez ii. iii Winning eye and action bland. 1828 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 1 122 Bland satire on his friends. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 439 A bland temper and winning manners. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures xv. 120 A bland and benevolent face. 2. a. Of things: Soft, mild, pleasing to the senses; gentle, genial, balmy, soothing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 5 Temperat vapors bland . View more context for this quotation 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 88 The sound of merriment and chorus bland. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada vi. 122 The air was bland, the heavens cloudless. b. Of medicines: Mild, unirritating. Of food: Not stimulating. (Cf. quot. 1667 at sense 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > relating to powers or effects of drugs > mild lithec1400 gentle1534 benign1638 mild1652 unirritant1822 bland1835 soft1959 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective] wallowc897 smatchless?c1225 unsavoury?c1225 fresha1398 savourlessa1398 wearish1398 wershed1398 fond?c1430 unsavoured1435 palled1440 mildc1450 walsh1513 wallowish1548 dead1552 waterish1566 cold1585 flatten1594 seasonless1595 wersha1599 blown1600 flash1601 fatuous1608 tasteless1611 flat1617 insipid1620 ingustable1623 flashy1625 flatted1626 saltless1633 gustless1636 remiss1655 rheumatical1655 untasteable1656 vapid1656 exolete1657 distasted1662 vappous1673 insulse1676 toothless1679 mawkisha1697 intastable1701 waugh1703 impoignant1733 flavourless1736 instimulating1740 deadish1742 mawky1755 brineless1791 wishy-washy1791 keestless1802 shilpit1814 wish-washy1814 sapidless1821 silent1826 slushy1839 bland1878 spendsavour1879 wish-wash1896 dolled1917 spiceless1980 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 671/2 A very small force only is requisite to cause bland fluids to follow the course of blood. 1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 92 Bland oils are serviceable in softening scales and crusts. 1878 M. L. Holbrook Hygiene Brain 111 The food should be bland. 3. quasi-adverbially (in poetry). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > with agreeable manner > blandly or suavely smootha1500 bland1596 blandly1827 suavely1862 1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Beautie 171 That base affection, which your eares would bland Commend to you by Loves abused name. 1850 E. B. Browning Poet's Vow ii They clasping bland his gift. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † blandv.¹ Forms: Also blonden. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic strong verb: Old English blandan , blǫndan , past tense bléond , participle blanden = Old Saxon blandan , Old High German blantan , Old Norse (and Swedish) blanda , Gothic blandan , baibland , blandans , to mix. Only once exemplified in Old English, and in Middle English superseded by blend v.² The two later instances here may be accidental; if genuine, they perhaps represent the Old Norse rather than the Old English verb. Obsolete. transitive. To mix, intermingle, blend. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] mingeOE blandOE mongle?c1225 meddlec1350 sprengea1382 compoundc1384 intermeddlec1384 temperc1386 mell1387 found?c1390 joinc1400 intermell1413 commix?a1425 medley?a1425 mix?a1425 amenge?c1450 immix?a1475 immixt?a1475 minglea1475 tremp1480 commixt1481 incarry1486 mixtionc1500 mixta1513 demelle1516 confect1540 intermixt1551 intermingle1555 bemix1559 intermix1562 contemper1567 blenge1570 bemingle1574 contemperate1590 masha1591 commeddle1604 immingle1606 blenda1616 intemper1627 commingle1648 conferment1651 subigate1657 to mix up1672 mould1701 meine1736 caudle1795 combine1799 interblenda1849 inmix1892 meld1936 OE Riddle 40 59 Ic eom on goman gena swetra þonne þu beobread blende mid hunige. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1931 Blande [n] al of blaunner were boþe al aboute. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 24 Blonde hit with mylke and put alle in panne. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados iii. ix. 83 Blude blandit with wine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † blandv.² Forms: Also blaund, blond. Etymology: < Old French bland-ir < Latin blandīri to soothe, flatter: see blandish v. Obsolete. transitive. To soothe, flatter; = blandish v. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 flackera1250 slickc1250 blandishc1305 blandc1315 glozec1330 beflatter1340 curryc1394 elkena1400 glaverc1400 anointa1425 glotherc1480 losenge1480 painta1513 to hold in halsc1560 soothe1580 smooth1584 smooth1591 soothe1601 pepper1654 palp1657 smoothify1694 butter1700 asperse1702 palaver1713 blarney1834 sawder1834 soft-soap1835 to cock up1838 soft-solder1838 soother1842 behoney1845 soap1853 beslaver1861 beslobber1868 smarm1902 sugar1923 sweetmouth1948 smooth-talk1950 c1315 Shoreham 73 Ac blondeth. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 227 Nor ȝit withe benefice am blandit? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹a1400n.²1703adj.1596v.¹OEv.²c1315
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