Old English · verb

blandan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class VII
IPA: /ˈblɑn.dɑn/
Syllables: ˈblɑn · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: blend harass disturb impure

Meaning

to blend

Iċ eom on gōman ġēna swētra

I am sweeter still in the mouth than when you blend bee-bread with honey
Exeter Book, riddle 40
to mix, mingle
to corrupt, make impure
to harass, disturb, trouble

Conjugation

Conjugation of blandan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	blande	blēnd
2nd singular	blenst blentst	blēnde
3rd singular	blent	blēnd
Plural	blandaþ	blēndon
Subjunctive
Singular	blande	blēnde
Plural	blanden	blēnden

Non-finite forms of blandan
	Form
Infinitive	blandan
Inflected infinitive	blandenne
Imperative singular	bland
Imperative plural	blandaþ
Present participle	blandende
Past participle	blanden ġeblanden

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blandan, from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to mix, confound, blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Old Frisian blenda (“to mix”), Old Saxon blandan (“to mix, cloud”), Old High German blantan (“to mix, becloud”), Old Norse blanda (“to mix”).

Descendants

blend

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