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blin¹

  • /blɪn/

Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- + lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin.

verb blins · blinning · blinned · blan

  1. Scotland, Yorkshire, especially, obsolete To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up. nathemore for that spectacle bad, / Did th'other two their cruell vengeaunce blin [...].

noun

  1. obsolete Cessation; end.

blin²

  • /blɪn/

Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Russian блин (blin, “pancake, flat object”).

noun blini · bliny · blins

  1. A blintz or blini. The cook raised an immense amount of dough for the bliny. […] “Hey, a blin for me!” one would call, holding out an empty plate with a hand dripping with butter and sour cream.

Blin³

Where it comes from

From Blin ብሊና (bəlina), bélina.

noun Bilin · Bilen · Belen · Bilein

  1. plural, plural only An ethnic group from Eritrea.

proper noun Bilin · Bilen · Belen · Bilein

  1. The Cushitic language spoken by the Blin people.

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