Old English · verb

blinnan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈblin.nɑn/
Syllables: ˈblin · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: blin cease forfeit vacant

Meaning

to cease, leave off, rest from
to lose, forfeit
to be vacant

Conjugation

Conjugation of blinnan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	blinne	blann
2nd singular	blinst	blunne
3rd singular	blinþ	blann
Plural	blinnaþ	blunnon
Subjunctive
Singular	blinne	blunne
Plural	blinnen	blunnen

Non-finite forms of blinnan
	Form
Infinitive	blinnan
Inflected infinitive	blinnenne
Imperative singular	blinn
Imperative plural	blinnaþ
Present participle	blinnende
Past participle	blunnen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bilinnan, from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”), equivalent to be- + linnan. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”).

Descendants

blin

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